Is phenotype difference in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy related to SCN1A mutations?

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 488-493

  Ohmori, Iori ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Ouchida, Mamoru ^a   Ogino, Tatsuya ^a   Maniwa, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Kenji ^a   Oka, Eiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus; Phenotype; SCN1A; Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE;

EID: 0345304764     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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