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Genetic convergence of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and intellectual disability.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Dec 2021
Carvill Gemma L, Jansen Sandra, Lacroix Amy, Zemel Matthew, Mehaffey Michele, De Vries Petra, Brunner Han G, Scheffer Ingrid E, De Vries Bert B A, Vissers Lisenka E L M, Mefford Heather C
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine whether genes that cause developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are more commonly implicated in intellectual disability with epilepsy as a comorbid feature than in intellectual disability only. METHOD: We performed targeted resequencing of 18 genes commonly implicated in DEEs in a cohort of 830 patients with intellectual disability (59% male) and 393 patients with DEEs (52% male)....
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