Exome & General Genetics

Session # 604

Genetic Testing for Epilepsy in Adults

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  • Little is known about genetic testing in adult patients with epilepsy but at times if a genetic etiology can be determined, targeted therapies can be initiated and symptoms may be reduced
  • We report the characteristics and detection rates of a cohort of adult patients with epilepsy undergoing exome and MGPT
  • The detection rate in characterized genes for childhood onset and adult onset epilepsy were both 17.8%.

  • Authors: Zöe Powis; Kirsten Blanco; Kelly Farwell Hagman; Elaine C. Weltmer; Amanda Bergner; Jing Wang; Sha Tang
  • Conference: ACMG 2018
  • Date: Friday, Apr 13, 2018 10:30am - 12:00pm

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