Investigation of familial aggregation of seizures in neurocysticercosis patients

Epilepsy Res. 2009 Mar;84(1):67-71. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.11.016. Epub 2009 Jan 13.

Abstract

Regional differences in the clinical manifestations of human neurocysticercosis (NCC) may indicate a role of host genetics. We examined whether there is familial aggregation of seizures in first-degree relatives of NCC patients with seizure versus NCC patients without seizure as presenting symptom in a group of patients in Ecuador. The results of our analyses were null, and there was no trend toward familial aggregation of seizures in NCC patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Diseases / complications*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurocysticercosis / complications*
  • Neurocysticercosis / pathology
  • Seizures / etiology*
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult