Pediatric Neurology Briefs
Published 2003 | Version v1.0.0
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Genetics of Absence Epilepsy and Febrile Seizures

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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.

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