Idiopathic generalized epilepsies: Do sporadic and familial cases differ?

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1399-1402

  Briellmann, Regula S ^a,b   Torn Broers, Yvonne ^a,b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Epilepsy Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Familial; Genetics; IGE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035211239     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.03201.x     Document Type: Article

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