title: Investigation of familial aggregation of seizures in neurocysticercosis patients.
abstract: Regional differences in the clinical manifestations of human neurocysticercosis (NCC) may indicate a role of host genetics. We examined whether there is familial aggregation of seizures in first-degree relatives of NCC patients with seizure versus NCC patients without seizure as presenting symptom in a group of patients in Ecuador. The results of our analyses were null, and there was no trend toward familial aggregation of seizures in NCC patients.
authors.affiliation: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA. eak34@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kelvin
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carpio
authors.forename: Dale C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hesdorffer
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bagiella
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: W Allen
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Hauser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult