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Summary

A temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of complex partial seizures with occasional secondary generalization and that has material basis in heterozygous mutation in the GAL gene on chromosome 11q13. [from MONDO]

Available tests

3 tests are in the database for this condition.

Genes See tests for all associated and related genes

  • Also known as: ETL8, GAL-GMAP, GALN, GLNN, GMAP, GAL
    Summary: galanin and GMAP prepropeptide

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