A deletion in SCN1B is associated with febrile seizures and early-onset abence epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 854-856

  Audenaert, D ^a   Claes, L ^a   Ceulemans, B ^a,b,c   Lofgren A ^a   Van Broeckhoven, C ^a   De Jonghe, P ^a,b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Epilepsy Centre for Children and Youth   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABSENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

EID: 0141653010     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000080362.55784.1C     Document Type: Article

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