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Patra Yeetong1, Surasawadee Ausavarat, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Krisna Piravej, Nath Pasutharnchat, Tayard Desudchit, Chaipat Chunharas, Jakrin Loplumlert, Chusak Limotai, Kanya Suphapeetiporn, Vorasuk Shotelersuk.
Abstract
Benign Adult Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy (BAFME) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by adult-onset cortical tremor or action myoclonus predominantly in the upper limbs, and generalized seizures. We investigated a Thai BAFME family. Clinical and electrophysiological studies revealed that 13 were affected with BAFME. There were a total of 24 individuals studied. Genetic analysis by genome-wide linkage study (GWLS) was performed using 400 microsatellite markers and excluded linkage of the previous BAFME loci, 8q23.3-q24.1, and 2p11.1-q12.2. GWLS showed that the disease-associated region in our Thai family was linked to a newly identified locus on chromosome 3q26.32-3q28. This locus represents the fourth chromosomal region for BAFME.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22713812 PMCID: PMC3548266 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.133
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Hum Genet ISSN: 1018-4813 Impact factor: 4.246