Phenotypic analysis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in Indian families

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-362

  Jain, Satish ^a   Tripathi, M ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a   Narula, A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Clinical heterogeneity; Genetics; Hereditary; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PHENOTYPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038015768     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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