Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal-lobe epilepsy: Genetic heterogeneity and evidence for a second locus at 15q24

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1108-1116

  Phillips, H A ^a   Scheffer, I E ^b   Crossland, K M ^b   Bhatia, K P ^c   Fish, D R ^c   Marsden, C D ^c   Howell, S J L ^d   Stephenson, J B P ^e   Tolmie, J ^e   Plazzi, G ^f   Eeg Olofsson, O ^g   Singh, R ^b   Lopes Cendes, I ^h   Andermann, E ^h   Andermann, F ^h   Berkovic, S F ^b   Mulley, J C ^a,i  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032231423     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302047     Document Type: Article

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