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Autosomal dominant lateral temporal epilepsy: clinical and genetic study of a large Basque pedigree linked to chromosome 10q.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 1999
Poza J J, Sáenz A, Martínez-Gil A, Cheron N, Cobo A M, Urtasun M, Martí-Massó J F, Grid D, Beckmann J S, Prud'homme J F, López de Munain A
Abstract excerpt
We report a large family with a temporal partial epilepsy syndrome inherited in an autosomal dominant mode, with a penetrance of about 80%. This epilepsy syndrome is benign, with age of onset in the second or third decade of life. It is characterized by rare partial seizures, usually secondarily generalized, arising mostly during sleep, without postictal confusion. There is a good response to the antiepileptic...
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