Benign familial infantile convulsions: Linkage to chromosome 16p12-q12 in 14 families
EPILEPSIA, cilt.45, sa.6, ss.601-609, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.48203.x
- Dergi Adı: EPILEPSIA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.601-609
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: Benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is a form of idiopathic epilepsy. It is characterized by clusters of afebrile seizures occurring around the sixth month of life. The disease has a benign course with a normal development and rare seizures in adulthood. Previous linkage analyses defined three susceptibility loci on chromosomes 19q12-q13.11, 16p12-q12, and 2q23-31. However, a responsible gene has not been identified. We studied linkage in 16 further BFIC families.