Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus: A common childhood- onset genetic epilepsy syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Singh, Rita ^a,b   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b,c   Crossland, Kathryn ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0032953159     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199901)45:1<75::AID-ART13>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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