Angelman syndrome: Difficulties in EEG pattern recognition and possible misinterpretations

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1051-1063

  Valente, Kette D ^a   Andrade, Joaquina Q ^a   Grossmann, Rosi M ^a   Kok, Fernando ^a   Fridman, Cintia ^b   Koiffmann, Célia P ^b   Marques Dias, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; EEG; Epilepsy; Genetic mechanisms; Variants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DELTA RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNDROME; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0041570129     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.66502.x     Document Type: Article

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