Familial temporal lobe epilepsy: A common disorder identified in twins

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   McIntosh, Anne ^a   Anne Howell, R ^b   Mitchell, Anne ^c   Sheffield, Leslie J ^c   Hopper, John L ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TWINS;

EID: 0029834204     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400214     Document Type: Article

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