Investigation of familial aggregation of seizures in neurocysticercosis patients.
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.
Kelvin
Elizabeth A
EA
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
Carpio
Arturo
A
Hesdorffer
Dale C
DC
Bagiella
Emilia
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Leslie
Denise
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Leon
Pietro
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Andrews
Howard
H
Hauser
W Allen
WA
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