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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 572--577 |
Genetics of idiopathic generalized epilepsy: An overview
D. K. V. Prasad1, U Satyanarayana2, Anjana Munshi3
1 Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Osmania University, Begumpet; Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, India
2 Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Chinnaoutpally, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
3 Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Osmania University, Begumpet, India
Correspondence Address:
Anjana Munshi
Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic Diseases, Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.125240
Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is a common type of epilepsy. Strong support for a genetic role in IGE comes from twin and family studies. Several subtypes of IGE have been reported but families often have members affected with different subtypes. Major advances have been made in the understanding of genetic basis of monogenic inherited epilepsies. However, most IGEs are complex genetic diseases and some susceptible IGE genes are shared across subtypes that determine subtypes in specific combinations. The high throughput technologies like deoxyribonucleic acid microarrays and sequencing technologies have the potential to identify causative genes or loci in non-familial cases.
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