Chromosome 20 ring: A chromosomal disorder associated with a particular electroclinical pattern

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 942-951

  Canevini, Maria Paola ^a,f   Sgro, Vincenzo ^a   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^b   Canger, Raffaele ^a   Carrozzo, Romeo ^c   Rossi, Elena ^c   Ledbetter, David ^d   Minicucci, Fabio ^c   Vignoli, Aglaia ^a   Piazzini, Ada ^a   Guidolin, Loredana ^a   Saltarelli, Amalia ^a   Dalla Bernardina, Bernardo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; Chromosome 20 ring syndrome; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Molecular studies

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RING CHROMOSOMES; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031684193     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01443.x     Document Type: Article

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