Detection rate of causal variants in severe childhood epilepsy is highest in patients with seizure onset within the first four weeks of life
Abstract Background Epilepsy is a heterogeneous disease with a broad phenotypic spectrum and diverse genotypes. A significant proportion of epilepsies has a genetic aetiology. In our study, a custom designed gene panel with 112 genes known to be associated with epilepsies was used. In total, one hun...
Main Authors: | David Staněk, Petra Laššuthová, Katalin Štěrbová, Markéta Vlčková, Jana Neupauerová, Marcela Krůtová, Pavel Seeman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-018-0812-8 |
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