title: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: an autosomal recessive disease.
abstract: We undertook genetic study of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) from 17 families. There was a mean of 8 children in each sibship. Siblings were affected in 8 sibships, and some families had more than 2 members affected by JME. Half-siblings and parental involvement were found in only 1 sibship each. The segregation ratio was 0.123 but increased to 0.18 with correction for age of onset. Parental consanguinity was found in 9 (45%) of the sibships. The evidence establishes an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance for JME.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Panayiotopoulos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obeid
mesh_terms: D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000235:genetics*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree