Myoclonic absence-like seizures and chromosome abnormality syndromes

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 660-663

  Elia, Maurizio ^a,d   Guerrini, Renzo ^b   Musumeci, Sebastiane A ^a   Bonanni, Paolo ^b   Gambardella, Antonio ^c   Aguglia, Umberto ^c  

^a Oasi Inst Res Mental Retard B

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Chromosome disorders; Inv dup (15); Myoclonic absences; Trisomy 12p

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM ION; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRISOMY 12;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, GABA; SYNDROME; TRISOMY;

EID: 0031747790     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01435.x     Document Type: Article

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