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In addition to DCM with conduction system disease and variable skeletal muscle involvement, mutations in the Lamin A/C gene [OMIM 150330] have been shown to cause autosomal dominant [ 11 ] and autosomal recessive [ 12 ] Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD), autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B (LGMD) [ 13 ] , autosomal recessive type 2 Charcot-Marie Tooth type 2 [ 14 ] , familial partial lipodystrophy [ 15 16 ] , Mandibuloacral dysplasia [ 17 ] and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria [ 18 ] . The phenotypic spectrum from DCM to EDMD and limb girdle muscular dystrophy appears continuous.
A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of febrile seizures might lead to new strategies of prevention or treatment [ 4 ] . Recent work has identified several genes associated with familial febrile seizure tendencies [ 5 6 7 ] . Some of these genes code for ion channels that govern excitability of nerve tissue.
Genes that natural selection fully endorsed long ago--the basic genes for hunger, for lust, for familial love--are in everyone.
.. whether it's for therapeutic help in their own homes (which nurtures whole families), through foster care families or in the familial surroundings of our residential homes.
Currently, several risk factors have been identified including cigarette smoking, arterial hypertension, gender, aging, atherosclerosis and heavy alcohol consumption [ 9 10 11 12 ] . Initial indications of a genetic component were based on collections of case reports that suggested that IAs are associated with some rare simple Mendelian disorders, e.g. autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, Ehlers Danlos syndrome type IV and the Marfan syndrome [ 13 ] . More recent systematic prevalence estimates indicate either absence of association or markedly reduced prevalence of IA among patients with rare simple Mendelian disorders [ 14 15 ] . Also, genetic analyses of genes known to cause some simple Mendelian disorders have proven negative for collections of patients with IA [ 16 17 ] . The familial occurrence of IAs not associated with known simple Mendelian disorders was first noted in 1942 [ 18 ] and, since then, nearly one hundred case reports and review articles have been published.
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