A study of ring 20 chromosome karyotype with epilepsy

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Yamadera, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^b   Sugai, Kenji ^b   Suda, Hajime ^c   Kaneko, Sunao ^d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Natl Ctr Hosp Psychiat

^c Ibaraki Pref Colony Asunaro Hosp

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Ring 20 syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031979514     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb00974.x     Document Type: Article

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