The application of genetic testing in pediatric epilepsy / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Pediatric epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in childhood,and it has a huge impact on the patients′life and their families.There has been rapid development in the knowledge of epilepsy genetics.Several genetic tests are now available for clinical practice.This is important for the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and genetic counseling.The modern genomic technologies for the diagnosis of patients with genetic epilepsies are reviewed.The potential challenges of the interpretation of the genetic reports are also discussed.