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Polygenic Inheritance of Epilepsy and Febrile Convulsions: Analysis based on a Computational Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Takayuki Tsuboi
Takayuki Tsuboi*
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Neurosciences, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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Summary

Two series of patients with epilepsy and with febrile convulsions were analysed on Slater's computational model for evidence on the mode of inheritance. The study demonstrated that in both series a polygenic inheritance may be more likely than an autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , September 1976 , pp. 239 - 242
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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