Genetics of the Epilepsies

Genetics of the Epilepsies
ISBN-10
3642955533
ISBN-13
9783642955532
Category
Medical
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Dieter Janz, Gertrud Beck-Mannagetta, V. Elving Anderson

Description

This book provides neurologists, geneticists, pediatricians, and pharmacologists with basic knowledge for genetic counselling, while putting emphasis on the evidence of heterogeneity in this field. The volume contains separate sections on population rates, family studies on selected syndromes, and special methods and topics. Two particularly topical questions concern the prospective evaluation of morbidity risk for seizures in offspring of epileptic patients and the relationship of pharmacogenetics to epilepsy. The book aims to stimulate communication across traditional disciplinary lines and to further collaborative research.

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