title: Hereditary epilepsy syndromes.
abstract: This paper reviews the present knowledge on the genetics of the epilepsies. Main clinical features, gene localization and pattern of inheritance of the idiopathic epilepsies, the progressive myoclonus epilepsies, and some other genetic disorders often associated with epilepsy, are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Callenbach
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018450:Disease Progression; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D012640:Seizures / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers