Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Disease expression among Indian families

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Jain, S ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Puri, A ^a   Maheshwari, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Family studies; Febrile convulsions; Genetics; Hereditary; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031973879     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00601.x     Document Type: Article

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