Multiple Choice
The concordance among monozygotic twins for epilepsy is 37% and for dizygotic twins is 10%. From this information, we can conclude that:
A) epilepsy has only a minor genetic component.
B) epilepsy has an important genetic component.
C) lifestyle and other environmental factors play an important role in epilepsy.
D) epilepsy has only a minor genetic component, while lifestyle and other environmental factors play an important role.
E) epilepsy has both an important genetic component and an important environmental component.
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