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Detection rate of causal variants in severe childhood epilepsy is highest in patients with seizure onset within the first four weeks of life.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases - 2 May 2018
Staněk David, Laššuthová Petra, Štěrbová Katalin, Vlčková Markéta, Neupauerová Jana, Krůtová Marcela, Seeman Pavel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a heterogeneous disease with a broad phenotypic spectrum and diverse genotypes. A significant proportion of epilepsies has a genetic aetiology. In our study, a custom designed gene panel with 112 genes known to be associated with epilepsies was used. In total, one hundred and fifty-one patients were tested (86 males / 65 females). RESULTS: In our cohort, the highest probability for the...
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