… now know that genetics plays a much greater role in epilepsy than was … the progress in
the field of epilepsy genetics and highlight molecular discoveries in the most important epilepsy …

… The discovery of several of the genes underlying these rare genetic epilepsies has already
considerably contributed to our understanding of the basic mechanisms epileptogenesis. …

… Our understanding of the gross architecture of the genetic … by the establishment of the
Epilepsy Genetics Consortium (EPIGEN), an international collaboration involving centers in the …

… by the significant database resources available to investigators. Super-sonic gave way to
light-speed with the publication of the 3 billion letters of the genetic code which constitutes the …

… of epilepsy is, of course, the result of the recent use of electroencephalography. The advance
in our knowledge of the genetics of epilepsy has not been so definite and the literature is …

… The literature on the genetics of epilepsy yields … the incidence of epilepsy is not increased
in the families of affected individuals to the suggestion by Metrakos" that generalized epilepsy …

… are the variable epilepsy phenotypes that are associated with the known gene mutations and
the genetic … Mutations in two genes that do not encode ion channels have been identified in …

… but often severe symptomatic epilepsies. … genes responsible for symptomatic epilepsy,
and then address recent progress in the genetics of idiopathic generalised and partial epilepsy. …

… Genetic architecture of the epilepsies The aetiology of the genetic epilepsies was first decoded
in familial … (comorbid) feature, such as the triplet repeat expansion in fragile X syndrome. …

… However, the genetic nature of any disorder can never be … established the genetic nature
of several epilepsy syndromes … important in the study of the genetic epilepsies (Ausubel et al., …