Nonsyndromic mental retardation and cryptogenic epilepsy in women with doublecortin gene mutations

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-37

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a   Moro, Francesca ^a   Andermann, Eva ^b   Hughes, Elaine ^c   D'Agostino, Daniela ^b   Carrozzo, Romeo ^a   Bernasconi, Andrea ^b   Flinter, Frances ^d   Parmeggiani, Lucio ^a   Volzone, Anna ^a   Parrini, Elena ^a   Mei, Davide ^a   Jarosz, Jozef M ^c   Morris, Robin G ^e   Pratt, Polly ^e   Tortorella, Gaetano ^f   Dubeau, François ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^b   Dobyns, William B ^g   Das, Soma ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGYRIA; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DCX GENE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOSAICISM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONSYNDROMIC MENTAL RETARDATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACHYGYRIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHORISTOMA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038462285     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10588     Document Type: Article

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