Genetics of the febrile seizure susceptibility trait.

doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(98)00020-5

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Genetics of the febrile seizure susceptibility trait.

Brain & development - 1 Aug 1998

Kugler S L, Johnson W G

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Febrile seizures are the commonest form of convulsion, occurring in 2-5% of infants in Europe and North America and 6-9% of infants in Japan. In large families, the febrile seizure susceptibility trait is inherited by the autosomal dominant pattern with reduced penetrance. In the other families,...

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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Heterozygote
Humans
Incidence
Pedigree
Phenotype
Seizures, Febrile

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