Genome-wide association study of epilepsy in a Japanese population identified an associated region at chromosome 12q24.
Toshimitsu SuzukiYoshinao KoikeKyota AshikawaNao OtomoAtsushi TakahashiTomomi AoiNaoyuki KamataniYusuke NakamuraMichiaki KuboYoichiro KamataniYukihide MomozawaChikashi TeraoKazuhiro YamakawaPublished in: Epilepsia (2021)
These findings suggest that a gene or genes in the CUX2-RPH3A ~2-Mb region contribute to the pathology of epilepsy in the Japanese population.