Generalized epilepsies: Emerging insights into cellular and genetic mechanisms

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Hosford, David A ^a,b,c   Caddick, Sarah J ^a   Lin, Fu Hsiung ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 16   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE;

EID: 0030950987     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199704000-00008     Document Type: Article

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