Shared Genetic Basis of Epilepsy and Behavior Disorders

Abstract

Researchers from Columbia University, New York; UCLA; Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and Northwestern Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago have examined whether the first-degree family history of unprovoked seizures in 308 probands with childhood onset epilepsy is associated with behavioral disorders.

Keywords

• internalizing disorders
• affective and anxiety disorders
• aggressive and delinquent behavior