Conventional genetic analysis focuses on the genes that account for specific phenotypes, while traditional epidemiology is more concerned with the environmental causes and risk factors related to traits. Genetic epidemiology is an alliance of the 2 fields that focuses on both genetics, including allelic variants in different populations, and environment, in order to explain exactly how genes co...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting approximately 4 percent of individuals at some time in their lives (1). An inherited contribution to its etiology has been suspected for centuries, yet until recently, little progress has been made in understanding the genetic influences on susceptibility. This slow progress is owed in part to methodological problems in previous...

The genomics revolution continues to transform epidemiology, clinical medicine, and drug discovery.1–7 The generation of new genomic knowledge and its integration into epidemiological, molecular, and clinical research projects in industry and academia are increasing exponentially.8 The genetic basis of disease susceptibility, disease progression and severity, and response to therapy for many co...