Oluwayemi Joshua Bamikole
Institute of Child Health,
Nigeria
Review Article
Genetics of Epilepsy
Author(s): Oluwayemi Joshua Bamikole, Miles-Dei Benedict Olufeagba, Samuel Temitope Soge, Noah Olamide Bukoye, Taiwo Habeeb Olajide, Subulade Abigail Ademola and Olukemi Kehinde AmoduOluwayemi Joshua Bamikole, Miles-Dei Benedict Olufeagba, Samuel Temitope Soge, Noah Olamide Bukoye, Taiwo Habeeb Olajide, Subulade Abigail Ademola and Olukemi Kehinde Amodu
Genetics is a branch of the human biology which provides insights about basic and vital processes which arises from birth till death, development to Apoptosis (cell death), and in disease aetiology and therapies or better methods in use of available treatments to solve human health conditions because gene functions in all biological process.
Epilepsy is a seizure that occurs without identifiable justification with a great chance of further seizures which is almost the same to the global recurrence risk of 60% after two unjustified seizures, happening over a ten years’ span. Fifty million people globally present with epilepsy ranging from about 20 to 70 cases per 100,000 in a year and Over 85% of the epilepsy cases are present in underdeveloped and even developing countries with low or middle income. Two out of three of all epilepsy occurrences are genetic, with one perce.. View More»
