Researchers say they have identified 26 areas of DNA as well as 29 genes that may linked to the development of epilepsy. They hope their findings can lead to new treatments.
A large-scale genetic study found 26 risk loci for epilepsy, a chronic brain disease with multiple forms, not all of them heritable. The work, by more than 300 authors from the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), investigated 7 different subtypes of this neurological condition.
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