The X-linked infantile spasms syndrome (MIM 308350) maps to Xp11.4- Xpter in two pedigrees

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-364

  Claes, S ^b   Devriendt, K ^b   Lagae, L ^a   Ceulemans, B ^c   Dom, L ^c   Casaer, P ^a   Raeymaekers, P ^d   Cassiman, J J ^b   Fryns, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030755289     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420313     Document Type: Article

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