Novel LGI1 mutation in a family with autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1687-1690

  Fertig, Evan ^a   Lincoln, Anne ^a   Martinuzzi, Andrea ^b   Mattson, Richard H ^a   Hisama, Fuki M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0037799473     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000063324.39980.4A     Document Type: Article

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