Genetic Variation in Calcium Channel Gene in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-1-8

Keywords:

Tonic-Clonic Seizures, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes

Abstract

Researchers at Women's And Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, and other centers in Australia and Canada screened 240 individuals from 167 families with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS + ) and 95 controls for variants in the CACNA1H gene.

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Published

2008-01-01

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Section

Seizure Disorders