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Localization of a gene for partial epilepsy to chromosome 10q.
Nature genetics - 1 May 1995
Ottman R, Risch N, Hauser W A, Pedley T A, Lee J H, Barker-Cummings C, Lustenberger A, Nagle K J, Lee K S, Scheuer M L
Abstract excerpt
There is strong evidence for a genetic contribution to epilepsy, but it is commonly assumed that this genetic contribution is limited to 'generalized' epilepsies, and that most forms of 'partial' epilepsy are nongenetic. In a linkage analysis of a single family containing 11 affected individuals, we obtained strong evidence for localization of a gene for partial epilepsy. This susceptibility gene maps to...
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