Male monozygotic twins discordant for periventricular nodular heterotopia and epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 248-250

  Sisodiya, S M ^a,b   Marques Jr , W ^b   Everitt, A ^b,c   Sander, J W A ^b,c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Periventricular heterotopia; Twins

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHORISTOMA; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOSAICISM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032924390     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02083.x     Document Type: Article

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