LGI1 gene mutation screening in sporadic partial epilepsy with auditory features

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-66

  Flex, E ^a,b   Pizzuti, A ^a,b   Di Bonaventura, C ^a   Douzgou, S ^a   Egeo, G ^a   Fattouch, J ^a   Manfredi, M ^a,c   Dallapiccola, B ^a,b   Giallonardo, A T ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADLTE; LGI1; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, SENSORY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 13144261731     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0599-0     Document Type: Article

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