NovelGABRG2mutations cause familial febrile seizures
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Characteristics of the initial seizure in familial febrile seizures.
Complex seizure characteristics in patients with a positive family history were studied to define familial phenotype subgroups of febrile seizures. A total of 51 children with one or more affected first degree relatives and 177 without an affected first degree relative were compared for history of complex characteristics of the initial febrile seizure. No difference was found in the frequency o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology Genetics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2376-7839
DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000035