This hub covers epilepsy genetics: how gene changes can contribute to seizures (often in children). We translate studies on testing, results like VUS, and what findings may change for care.
No. It’s common in pediatrics, but adults can benefit from genetic testing, too, especially with unclear diagnosis or family history.
Sometimes. For certain conditions, results can guide medication choice, diet therapies, or referral decisions.
It usually means “not enough evidence yet.” It shouldn’t be treated as a definite cause, but it can be reclassified over time.
Not necessarily. Testing can miss some variants, and new gene links are still being discovered.
This study looked at how children with epilepsy who had surgery to remove part of their frontal lobe performed on different cognitive tasks before and after the operation.
This study looked at how well teachers and school professionals in Western Greece understand epilepsy and their attitudes towards it.
Researchers studied a rare condition called AFG2A-related encephalopathy (AFG2A-RE) by reviewing information from 51 individuals, including 45 from previous studies and 6 from their own recent observations.
Researchers studied sleep problems in children and teenagers with various neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cerebral palsy (CP), and rare genetic conditions.
This study looked at how the environment affects walking, stress, and anxiety in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).
This study looked at children and teenagers with epilepsy at a hospital in Tanzania.
Researchers studied how caregivers manage epilepsy in children with juvenile-onset Huntington disease (JHD).
Researchers studied a 5-year-old boy who had both X-linked ichthyosis (a skin condition) and epilepsy (seizures).
This study focused on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help detect epileptic spasms (ES) using a combination of video and brain wave data (EEG).