Benign idiopathic partial seizures in the velocardiofacial syndrome: Report of two cases

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 172-175

  Coppola, Giangennaro ^a   Sciscio, Nicola ^a   Russo, Francesco ^a   Caliendo, Graziella ^a   Pascotto, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome 22q11 deletion; Idiopathic partial seizures; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH ARCHED PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CLEFT PALATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FACE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035479282     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20011001)103:2<172::AID-AJMG1524>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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