Heritable syndromes with hypothalamic hamartoma and seizures: Using rare syndromes to understand more common disorders

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-238

  Biesecker, Leslie G ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gelastic epilepsy; Heritable diseases; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Multiple abnormalities; Pallister Hall

Indexed keywords

BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSOSTOSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 1142310747     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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