Genetics of Benign Rolandic Epilepsy

Abstract

Twenty-two nuclear families with benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS, rolandic epilepsy) were analyzed by DNA linkage studies at the Department of Neuropediatrics, University of Kiel, Germany.

Keywords

• rolandic epilepsy
• acetylcholine receptor
• juvenile myoclonic epilepsy