Benign familial infantile convulsions: A clinical study of seven Dutch families

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 269-283

  Callenbach, Petra M C ^a   De Coo, René F M ^b   Vein, Alla A ^a   Arts, Willem Frans M ^b   Oosterwijk, Jan C ^c   Hageman, Gerard ^d   ten Houten, Robert ^e   Terwindt, Gisela M ^a   Lindhout, Dick ^f   Frants, Rune R ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign familial infantile convulsions; Epilepsy; Genetics; Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0037000027     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.2002.0609     Document Type: Article

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