Genetics of myoclonic and nyoclonus epilepsies

Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 223-235

  Ninassian, Berge A ^a   Sainz, Jesus ^a   Delgado Escueta, Antonio V ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal locus; Genetic linkage mapping; Myoclonic and myoclonus epilepsies

Indexed keywords

AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029493558     PISSN: 10656766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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