Unusual EEG pattern linked to chromosome 3p in a family with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 493-498

  Zara, F ^a   Labuda, M ^b   Gaetano Garofalo, P ^c   Durisotti, C ^c   Bianchi, A ^d   Castellotti, B ^f   Patel, P I ^e   Avanzini, G ^f   Pandolfo, M ^b,g,h  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d Unità di Neurofisiopatologia   (Italy)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031723313     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.493     Document Type: Article

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