Khurram A Siddiqui, Iram Siddiqui, Rehan Ali, Hani Benamer.
Genes and epilepsies.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;2(2):106-10.

Idiopathic epilepsies are the commonest category of epilepsy identified, mainly comprising generalized seizures. It is also interesting to note that gene loci have been identified for the idiopathic partial epilepsies. In contrast to this, a pediatric EEG database at our institution41 has identified focal EEG abnormalities as the commonest, representing 71.4% of abnormal EEGs between the ages 1-14 years. This study raises the still unresolved question whether symptomatic localization-related epilepsy syndromes are commoner than once thought, or does idiopathic partial epilepsy have high prevalence in one or more subsets of the population. This is a review article.

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