This article describes the results of a series of tests to determine the effects of a variety of
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Background Despite progress in understanding the genetics of rare epilepsies, the more
common epilepsies have proven less amenable to traditional gene-discovery analyses. We …

… It should be noted that Auerbach has been relatively loquacious in speaking publically in
comparison to Kossoff. Until relatively recently, Kossoff gave almost no interviews and has …

Infantile spasms (IS) and Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) are epileptic encephalopathies
characterized by early onset, intractable seizures, and poor developmental outcomes. De …

Emerging evidence indicates that epileptic encephalopathies are genetically highly
heterogeneous, underscoring the need for large cohorts of well-characterized individuals to further …

Objective We aimed to identify genes associated with genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) by
combining large cohorts enriched with individuals with a positive family history. Secondarily…

Objective We sought to identify novel genes and to establish the contribution of known
genes in a large cohort of patients with nonsyndromic sporadic polymicrogyria and epilepsy. …

Objective Copy number variants (CNVs) contribute to genetic risk and genetic etiology of
both rare and common epilepsies. Whereas many studies have explored the role of CNVs in …

Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects approximately 50
million people worldwide. Both risk of epilepsy and response to treatment partly depend on …

Objective Classification of epilepsy into types and subtypes is important for both clinical care
and research into underlying disease mechanisms. A quantitative, data‐driven approach …