Whole-exome sequencing of a Saudi epilepsy cohort reveals association signals in known and potentially novel loci.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study received ethical approval from the Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Ethical Committee (Reference: IRB-2015-01-063). The study was conducted according to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. A signed informed consent form was obtained from each participating patient and control by the treating physicians prior to inclusion in the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interest. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interest."

"Funding This work is supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyad, Saudi Arabia, Grant Number 14-MED81-46. This is a government agency. They have no role in the design, collection, analysis and interpretation of the data and writing of the manuscript."