Occurrence of epilepsies in family members of Indian probands with different epileptic syndromes

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-244

  Jain, S ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Puri, A ^a   Jyoti, ^a   Maheshwari, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epileptic syndromes; Hereditary factors; Indian families

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SYNDROME;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031050212     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01103.x     Document Type: Article

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