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Genetic Cause of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Identified

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Breakthrough Diagnosis Offers Hope for Child with Rare Epilepsy For parents of children facing unexplained epilepsy and developmental delays, a diagnosis can be a lifeline, offering clarity and direction for treatment and support. This week, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions delivered just that, providing a long-awaited genetic diagnosis for a child … Read more

Researchers identify genetic cause of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

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Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor Genetics and collaborating institutions provided a long-awaited and rare genetic diagnosis in a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a type of developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), associated with a severe, complex form of epilepsy and developmental … Read more