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Identifying shared genetic factors underlying epilepsy and congenital heart disease in Europeans.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 2023
Wu Yiming, Bayrak Cigdem Sevim, Dong Bosi, He Shixu, Stenson Peter D, Cooper David N, Itan Yuval, Chen Lei
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy (EP) and congenital heart disease (CHD) are two apparently unrelated diseases that nevertheless display substantial mutual comorbidity. Thus, while congenital heart defects are associated with an elevated risk of developing epilepsy, the incidence of epilepsy in CHD patients correlates with CHD severity. Although genetic determinants have been postulated to underlie the comorbidity of EP and CHD, the...
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