A study evaluated genetic associations with epilepsy in a population of Japanese patients. According to the analysis, a novel region about 2 Mb (lead SNP rs149212747; P=8.57×10−10) at chromosome 12q24 was a risk factor for epilepsy. The loci were primarily polymorphic in East Asian populations and were monomorphic among the European population.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/epi.16911