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Genetic Risks in Offspring of Epileptic Parents

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Genetics of the Epilepsies

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Many family studies of epilepsy have been carried out. Alström [1] first investigated 897 families of epileptic probands and found the prevalence of epilepsy in 1.3% of parents, 1.5% of siblings, and 2.9% of offspring; these figures are higher than corresponding figures for the general population. In healthy family relatives of epileptic probands an epileptic EEG abnormality was observed frequently by Metrakos and Metrakos [7].

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  1. Tokyo Islands Health Center, 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan

    T. Tsuboi

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  1. Neurologische Abteilung, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin, Spandauer Damm 130, D-1000, Berlin 19, Germany

    Gertrud Beck-Mannagetta M.D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology) & Dieter Janz M.D. (Professor of Neurology) (Assistant Professor of Neurology) &  (Professor of Neurology)

  2. Dight Laboratories, University of Minnesota, 400 Church Street S.E., 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    V. Elving Anderson M.D. (Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology) (Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology)

  3. Abteilung für Neuropädiatrie, Universität Kiel, Schwanenweg 20, D-2300, Kiel, Germany

    Hermann Doose M.D. (Professor of Pediatrics) (Professor of Pediatrics)

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Tsuboi, T. (1989). Genetic Risks in Offspring of Epileptic Parents. In: Beck-Mannagetta, G., Anderson, V.E., Doose, H., Janz, D. (eds) Genetics of the Epilepsies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95553-2_15

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