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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Res. 2008 Aug 23;82(1):21–28. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.06.011

Table 2.

Seizure types in relatives of probands

Seizure types in relatives Proband Epilepsy Syndrome (no. of probands, N%)
CAE probands (N = 22) JAE probands (N = 15) CAE probands (N = 22) IGE-TCS probands (N = 13)
Absence 18(47) 13(32.5) 13(34) 9(32)
Myoclonic 6(16) 12(30) 16(42) 4(14)
Tonic—clonic 24(63) 30(75) 30(79) 17(61)

CAE, childhood absence epilepsy; JAE, juvenile absence epilepsy; JME, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; IGE-TCS, IGE with tonic—clonic seizures only.N, number of individuals.