Genetics of human partial epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-114

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

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETIOLOGY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE;

EID: 0030962461     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199704000-00007     Document Type: Article

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