Epilepsy Research UK

Correlation of polygenic risk score and clinical phenotype in patients with genetic generalized epilepsy

Abstract Objective The polygenic risk score (PRS) for individuals with genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) quantifies the common risk variants in genes identified in genome‐wide association studies. We hypothesized that the phenotype of GGE patients differs based on their GGE PRS....

Psychiatric disorders and intellectual disability impact epilepsy care in adolescents: A nationwide registry study

Abstract Objective To investigate the associations of intellectual disability (ID) and psychiatric comorbidities with healthcare utilization and mortality among adolescents with epilepsy. Method A nationwide, population‐based observational study using the data from Swedish nation...