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[Antiochian genealogies in which idiopathic epilepsy presents familial conglomeration. Simulations of power for the detection of genetic linkage].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 1998
Arcos-Burgos M, Palacio L G, Jiménez I, Pineda N, Mora O, Sánchez J L, Jiménez M, Muñoz A, Brancolini V, Devoto M, Ruiz-Linares A
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OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: We have analyzed a set of multigenerational extended pedigrees ascertained from affected cases of idiopathic epilepsy in the Antioquian Neurologic Institute. All pedigrees show familial aggregation of several forms of non myoclonic idiopathic epilepsy. In a recent paper, we have demonstrated that generalized idiopathic epilepsy of the awakening type is better explained by the existence of a...
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