Melbourne University

Epilepsy gene 'discovered'

Epilepsy gene 'discovered' Washington: Scientists have discovered a gene which they claim is responsible for causing epileptic seizures in some babies. Benign familial infantile epilepsy (BFIE) is known as infantile seizures that run in families. Seizures commence when a baby is about six months old and stop by the age of two years. But what causes the rare form of epilepsy in previously healthy infants has so far eluded researchers. Now, an international...
12:19 PM, Jan 16, 2012
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