Causes of epilepsies: Insights from discordant monozygous twins

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-52

  Briellmann, Regula S ^a   Jackson, Graeme D ^a,b   Torn Broers, Yvonne ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035109418     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200101)49:1<45::AID-ANA9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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