Epilepsy Gene Discovery Needs Another Big Leap Forward

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Wayne N Frankel. Epilepsy Curr. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 1;25(3):201-202.

doi: 10.1177/15357597251325685. eCollection 2025 May-Jun.

¹ Department of Genetics and Development, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

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