A study of EEG and epilepsy profile in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and considerations regarding its correlation with other chromosomal disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-287

  Valente, Kette D ^a   Freitas, Alessandra ^a   Fiore, Lia A ^a   Kim, Chong Ae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

4p syndrome; Angelman syndrome; EEG; Epilepsy; GABA genes; Pitt Rogers Danks syndrome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PITT ROGERS SYNDROME; PUBLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 0037614672     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(02)00223-1     Document Type: Article

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