Genetics of Photosensitivity (Photoparoxysmal Response): A Review

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Tauer, Ulrike ^a   Koeleman, Bobby ^b   Pinto, Dalila ^b   Neubauer, Bernd A ^c   Lindhout, Dick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Genetics; Phenotype; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

AGE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; LIGHT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPAROXYSMAL RESPONSE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0346340045     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.451008.x     Document Type: Review

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