The Genetics of epilepsy
Completed
- Conditions
- 10039911Epilepsy
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON35608
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
- Any patient regardless of age or gender willing and able to provide informed consent ;- Children and persons unable to consent may be included if their parents or legal representative provide informed assent ;- A firm diagnosis of epilepsy based either on history, clinical examination or EEG regardless of type with a history of at least two independent epileptic seizures. ;- Etiological diagnosis supported by imaging, whenever appropriate
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient unwilling to provide consent or if parents or legal representative are unwilling to assent. ;- Diagnosis of epilepsy not corroborated by ancillary investigations ;- Age under 12 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Genetic variation in genes that potentially predispose to epilepsy, yet have<br /><br>limited predictive value at an invidual level.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>None</p><br>