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Segregation Analysis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

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Genetics of the Epilepsies

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We have been collecting data, including EEG information, on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) families for the past several years, and this report will discuss the results of our analyses of this family data.

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  1. D. A. Greenberg & H. Widelitz

    Present address: Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Southwest Regional VA Epilepsy Center, Neurology Service, Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA

    D. A. Greenberg & H. Widelitz

  2. Reed Neurological Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

    A. V. Delgado-Escueta

  3. Southwest Regional VA Epilepsy Center, Neurology Service, Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA

    H. H. Maldonado

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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Greenberg, D.A., Delgado-Escueta, A.V., Maldonado, H.H., Widelitz, H. (1989). Segregation Analysis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. 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_8

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