In a large family with epilepsy studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, FS in 18 children were inherited as autosomal dominant with 75% penetrance (GABA receptor subunit mutation on chromosome 5), and absence epilepsy in 8 required the GABA gene on chromosome 5 interacting with a possible further gene on chromosomes 10, 13, 14 and 15. [1]
Genetics of Absence Epilepsy and Febrile Seizures
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-1-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 8
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
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