Genetics of inherited epilepsies

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-19

  Bate, Louise ^a   Gardiner, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Genetics; Ion channels; Neurogenetics; Neurology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033085757     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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