Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Mar 2000)

Genetics of Childhood Epilepsy

  • J Gordon Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-3-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 20 – 20

Abstract

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Genetic epilepsies are classified according to the mechanism of inheritance in three major groups: 1) Mendelian idiopathic epilepsies; 2) Non-Mendelian or “complex” epilepsies; and 3) Chromosomal disorders.

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