Epilepsy Genetics: What Once Was Rare, Is Now Common

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Jeffrey Dennis Calhoun et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 19;20(4):221-223.

doi: 10.1177/1535759720933232. eCollection 2020 Jul-Aug.

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Ultra-Rare Genetic Variation in the Epilepsies: A Whole-Exome Sequencing Study of 17,606 Individuals.
Epi25 Collaborative. Electronic address: s.berkovic@unimelb.edu.au; Epi25 Collaborative. Epi25 Collaborative. Electronic address: s.berkovic@unimelb.edu.au, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Aug 1;105(2):267-282. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.05.020. Epub 2019 Jul 18. Am J Hum Genet. 2019. PMID: 31327507 Free PMC article.

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