Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. A video-polysomnographic and genetic appraisal of 40 patients and delineation of the epileptic syndrome

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-223

  Oldani, Alessandro ^a,b   Zucconi, Marco ^a   Asselta, Rosanna ^a   Modugno, Michele ^a   Bonati, Maria Teresa ^a   Dalprà, Leda ^a   Malcovati, Massimo ^a   Tenchini, Maria Luisa ^a   Smirne, Salvatore ^a   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 4 subunit gene; Parasomnias; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXON; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SYNDROME; TELEVISION;

EID: 0031931373     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.2.205     Document Type: Article

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