A novel KCNQ2 K+ channel mutation in benign neonatal convulsions and centrotemporal spikes

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Coppola, G ^b   Castaldo, P ^a   Miraglia del Giudice, E ^b   Bellini, G ^b   Galasso, F ^a   Soldovieri, M V ^a   Anzalone, L ^a   Sferro, C ^b   Annunziato, L ^a   Pascotto, A ^b   Taglialatela, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KCNQ2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BENIGN TUMOR; CONVULSION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 10744231473     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000069465.53698.BD     Document Type: Article

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