Epilepsy and ring chromosome 20: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages 631-635

  Da Mota Gomes, Marleide ^a   Lucca, Irene ^a   Bezerra, Sonia Alonso Monteiro ^a   Llerena Jr , Juan ^a   Moreira, Denise Madeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mental retardation; Ring chromosome 20

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RING CHROMOSOME;

CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; RING CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 0036728016     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000400022     Document Type: Article

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