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Analysis of shared common genetic risk between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and epilepsy.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Aug 2020
Schijven Dick, Stevelink Remi, McCormack Mark, van Rheenen Wouter, Luykx Jurjen J, Koeleman Bobby P C, Veldink Jan H
Abstract excerpt
Because hyper-excitability has been shown to be a shared pathophysiological mechanism, we used the latest and largest genome-wide studies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (n = 36,052) and epilepsy (n = 38,349) to determine genetic overlap between these conditions. First, we showed no significant genetic correlation, also when binned on minor allele frequency. Second, we confirmed the absence of polygenic overlap...
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