Benign infantile familial convulsions: Natural history of a case and clinical characteristics of a large Italian family

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-101

  Giordano, L ^a,e   Accorsi, P ^a   Valseriati, D ^a   Tiberti, A ^a   Menegati, E ^a   Zara, F ^b   Vignoli, A ^c   Vigevano, F ^d  

^a Dept Child and Adol Neuropsychiat ^*  (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Human Genetics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Spedali Civili   (Italy)

Author keywords

BIFC; Epileptic syndrome; Infant; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHROMOSOME 19; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032993522     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973469     Document Type: Article

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