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1 Literaturverzeichnis 60 6 LITERATURVERZEICHNIS Abou-Khalil B, Ge Q, Desai R, et al. Partial and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus and a novel SCN1A mutation. Neurology 2001;57: Alstrom CH. A study of epilepsy in its clinical, social and genetic aspects. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl 1950;63: Andermann E und Matrakos JD. Proceedings: A multifactorial analysis of focal and generalized cortico-reticular (centrencephalic) epilepsy. Epilepsia 1972;13: Anderson VE, Hauser WA, Rich SS. Genetic heterogeneity in the epilepsies. Adv Neurol 1986;44: Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Elveback LR, et al. Seizure disorders in offspring of parents with a history of seizures - a maternal-paternal difference? Epilepsia 1976;17:1-9. Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Elveback LR, et al. Congenital malformations and seizure disorders in the offspring of parents with epilepsy. Int J Epidemiol 1978;7: Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Elveback LR, et al. The risk of epilepsy following febrile convulsions. Neurology 1979;29: Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Anderson VE, et al. The risks of seizure disorders among relatives of patients with childhood onset epilepsy. Neurology 1982;32: Annegers JF, Hauser WA, Shirts SB, et al. Factors prognostic of unprovoked seizures after febrile convulsions. N Engl J Med 1987;316: Annegers JF, Rocca WA, Hauser WA. Causes of epilepsy: contributions of the Rochester epidemiology project. Mayo Clin Proc 1996;71: Audenaert D, Claes L, Ceulemans B, et al. A deletion in SCN1B is associated with febrile seizures and early-onset absence epilepsy. Neurology 2003;61: Baulac S, Gourfinkel-An I, Picard F, et al. A second locus for familial generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus maps to chromosome 2q21-q33. Am J Hum Genet 1999;65:

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