Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. A genetic disorder with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 479-490

  Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Generalized epilepsy; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENEALOGY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030943313     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.3.479     Document Type: Article

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