We undertook genetic study of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) from 17 families. There was a mean of 8 children in each sibship. Siblings were affected in 8 sibships, and some families had more than 2 members affected by JME. Half-siblings and parental involvement were found in only 1
Is juvenile myoclonic epilepsy an autosomal recessive disease?
β Scribed by David A. Greenberg; Martina Durner; Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta; Dieter Janz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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