
The Genetics of Febrile Seizures
Author(s) -
Dipak Ram,
Richard Newton
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatric neurology briefs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-6482
pISSN - 1043-3155
DOI - 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-12-1
Subject(s) - febrile seizure , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , pediatrics , epilepsy , anesthesia
Investigators from Virginia Commonwealth University, Norwegian Center for Epilepsy and University of Southern Denmark carried out twin studies to analyse the genetic influence of developing epilepsy after febrile seizures.