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.
E
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