Epilepsies among twins born in families of Indian probands with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-143

  Jain, S ^a   Jain, Menka S ^b   Padma, M V ^a   Puri, A ^a   Sen, P ^b   Maheshwari, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Ministry of Railways Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Families; Genetic; Hereditary; Twins births

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

EID: 0031979589     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80070-8     Document Type: Article

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