The frequency of microdeletions at 15q13.3, 16p13.11 and 15q11.2 in patients with Idiopathic/Genetic Generalized Epilepsy (IGE/GGE) and Intellectual Disability (ID), patients with IGE/GGE alone and in controls. Particularly the frequency of 15q13.3 microdeletions in increased in patients with IGE/GGE.
Child Neurology Fellow and epilepsy genetics researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA and Department of Neuropediatrics, Kiel, Germany
