Familial temporal lobe epilepsy: A clinically heterogeneous syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 554-557

  Cendes, F ^a   Lopes Cendes, I ^a   Andermann, E ^a   Andermann, F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031911013     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.554     Document Type: Article

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