Essential Isochronic Epilepsy in MZ Twin Pairs
- 1 October 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae
- Vol. 20 (4) , 380-383
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1120962300011343
Abstract
SUMMARY A total of 45 twin pairs (19 MZ and 26 DZ), with one or both members affected by essential Generalized Epileptic Attacks, have been drawn out of the Mendel Institute's twin file. Concordance was observed in 18: 19 MZ, but only in 3: 26 DZ twin pairs. Analysis of the 18 MZ concordant twin pairs has shown (1) concordance of clinical form in 17 pairs, (2) concordance in the age of onset in 15 pairs, and (3) concordance of expression (frequency of generalized attacks) in 13 pairs.Keywords
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