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familial temporal lobe epilepsy 4

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Disease Overview

A temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of occipitotemporal lobe epilepsy and migraine with visual aura and that has material basis in variation in the chromosome region 9q21-q22.


Synonyms

  • EPOLM
  • ETL4
  • epilepsy, familial temporal lobe, 4
  • epilepsy, occipitotemporal lobe, and migraine with aura
  • familial temporal lobe epilepsy type 4
  • occipitotemporal lobe epilepsy and migraine with aura

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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