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Summary

Both juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy are subtypes of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (EIG). For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of these disorders, see EIG1 (600669), EJM1 (254770), and EJA1 (607631). [from OMIM]

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  • Also known as: CIC-2, CLC2, ECA2, ECA3, EGI11, EGI3, EGMA, EJM6, EJM8, FHA2, FHII, HALD2, LKPAT, clC-2, CLCN2
    Summary: chloride voltage-gated channel 2

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