Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Epilepsy: Two Families with Novel Mutations in the LGI1 Gene

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Hedera, Peter ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Crunk, Amy E ^a   Taylor, Kelly A ^a   Haines, Jonathan L ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leucine rich, glioma inactivated gene; Mutation; Partial epilepsy; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEUCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVALUATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIOMA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LGI1 GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1542409182     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.47203.x     Document Type: Article

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