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AFAIK, pieman's brother's seizure could have been related to some genetic trait or environmental exposure that could have been in pieman's kids too. Even if the

by philh 11y ago

AFAIK, pieman's brother's seizure could have been related to some genetic trait or environmental exposure that could have been in pieman's kids too. Even if the population risk is 1/14000, I'd put the risk in his own kids significantly higher than that - maybe 1/1000. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can tell me that no, there's no chance seizures like that are going to run in the family. But knowing what I currently know, I can't fault pieman.

iamthepieman 11y ago
As far as I know it is genetic. There was a study done in Denmark I believe that showed a strong correlation between febrile siezures after the MMR vaccine and a couple of genetic markers. My searching is failing me or I'd link it. Edit: here it is: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n12/full/ng.3129.html http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n12/full/ng.3129.html Notice that is was published less than a year ago.