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Epilepsy syndromes in Childhood

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
The genetics of epilepsy are a mixture of specific genetic and non-genetic conditions and those without such clear diagnosis in which a small increased susceptibility for siblings is seen.

Prenatal diagnosis
This is only available for a limited number of genetically determined conditions.

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Medical text written January 2006 by Professor B Neville, Professor of Childhood Epilepsy, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

 

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