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. 2013 Oct 2;80(1):9-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.09.019. Epub 2013 Oct 2.

The sacred disease: the puzzling genetics of epileptic disorders

Gaia Novarino  1 , Seung Tae Baek, Joseph G Gleeson
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The sacred disease: the puzzling genetics of epileptic disorders

Gaia Novarino et al. Neuron. .

Abstract

In the September 12, 2013 issue of Nature, the Epi4K Consortium (Allen et al., 2013) reported sequencing 264 patient trios with epileptic encephalopathies. The Consortium focused on genes exceptionally intolerant to sequence variations and found substantial interconnections with autism and intellectual disability gene networks.

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Depiction of overlapping nodes of genetic mutation amongst EEs, ASD and intellectual disability.
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  • De novo mutations in epileptic encephalopathies.
    Epi4K Consortium; Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project; Allen AS, Berkovic SF, Cossette P, Delanty N, Dlugos D, Eichler EE, Epstein MP, Glauser T, Goldstein DB, Han Y, Heinzen EL, Hitomi Y, Howell KB, Johnson MR, Kuzniecky R, Lowenstein DH, Lu YF, Madou MR, Marson AG, Mefford HC, Esmaeeli Nieh S, O'Brien TJ, Ottman R, Petrovski S, Poduri A, Ruzzo EK, Scheffer IE, Sherr EH, Yuskaitis CJ, Abou-Khalil B, Alldredge BK, Bautista JF, Berkovic SF, Boro A, Cascino GD, Consalvo D, Crumrine P, Devinsky O, Dlugos D, Epstein MP, Fiol M, Fountain NB, French J, Friedman D, Geller EB, Glauser T, Glynn S, Haut SR, Hayward J, Helmers SL, Joshi S, Kanner A, Kirsch HE, Knowlton RC, Kossoff EH, Kuperman R, Kuzniecky R, Lowenstein DH, McGuire SM, Motika PV, Novotny EJ, Ottman R, Paolicchi JM, Parent JM, Park K, Poduri A, Scheffer IE, Shellhaas RA, Sherr EH, Shih JJ, Singh R, Sirven J, Smith MC, Sullivan J, Lin Thio L, Venkat A, Vining EP, Von Allmen GK, Weisenberg JL, Widdess-Walsh P, Winawer MR. Epi4K Consortium, et al. Nature. 2013 Sep 12;501(7466):217-21. doi: 10.1038/nature12439. Epub 2013 Aug 11. Nature. 2013. PMID: 23934111 Free PMC article.

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