Human leukocyte antigen studies in Indian probands with seizures associated with single small enhancing computed tomography lesions and seizure types in their family members

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Jain, S ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Kanga, U ^a   Puri, A ^a   Mehra, N K ^a   Maheshwari, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Family studies; Genetics; Hereditary; Human leukocyte antigen; Single small enhancing computed tomography lesions

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031552131     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(96)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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