GEFS + syndrome: Phenotypic variations from the newborn to the adult in a large French pedigree;Syndrome GEFS +: Variations phénotypiques du nourrisson à l'adulte dans une grande famille Française

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-195

  Audic Gerard, F ^a   Szepetowski, P ^a   Genton, P ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHANNEL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CATALEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRANCE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0037292279     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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