Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: An electroclinical study of a Norwegian family with ten affected members

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Nakken, Karl Otto ^a,d   Magnusson, Andres ^a,b   Steinlein, Ortrud K ^c  

^a National Centre for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d National Center for Epilepsy   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Frontal seizures; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032944140     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01993.x     Document Type: Article

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