Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: Demonstration of focal frontal onset and intrafamilial variation

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 969-975

  Hayman, M ^a,g   Scheffer, I E ^b   Chinvarun, Y ^c   Berlangieri, S U ^d   Berkovic, S F ^e,f  

^a Departments of Neurology   (United States)

^b Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^c Repatriation Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030697469     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.969     Document Type: Article

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