Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus: a common childhood-onset genetic epilepsy syndrome.

doi:10.1002/1531-8249(199901)45:1<75::aid-art13>3.0.co;2-w

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Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus: a common childhood-onset genetic epilepsy syndrome.

Annals of neurology - 1 Jan 1999

Singh R, Scheffer I E, Crossland K, Berkovic S F

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We examined the phenotypic variation and clinical genetics in nine families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+). This genetic epilepsy syndrome with heterogeneous phenotypes was hitherto described in only one family. We obtained genealogical information on 799 individuals...

Topics

Adult
Age of Onset
Electroencephalography
Epilepsies, Myoclonic
Epilepsy, Absence
Epilepsy, Generalized
Family Health
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype
Seizures, Febrile

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