Early-Life Epilepsies and the Emerging Role of Genetic Testing
Author(s) -
Anne T. Berg,
Jason Coryell,
Russell P. Saneto,
Zachary M. Grinspan,
John Alexander,
Mariana Kekis,
Joseph Sullivan,
Elaine Wirrell,
Renée A. Shellhaas,
John R. Mytinger,
William D. Gaillard,
Eric H. Kossoff,
Ignacio Valencia,
Kelly G. Knupp,
Courtney J. Wusthoff,
Cynthia Keator,
William B. Dobyns,
Nicole Ryan,
Tobias Loddenkemper,
Catherine J. Chu,
Edward J. Novotny,
Sookyong Koh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 2168-6211
pISSN - 2168-6203
DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1743
Subject(s) - medicine , genetic testing , epilepsy , interquartile range , pediatrics , cohort , etiology , exome sequencing , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , genetics , phenotype , gene , biology
Early-life epilepsies are often a consequence of numerous neurodevelopmental disorders, most of which are proving to have genetic origins. The role of genetic testing in the initial evaluation of these epilepsies is not established.
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