Epilepsy in twins: Insights from unique historical data of William Lennox

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1127-1133

  Vadlamudi, L ^a   Andermann, E ^b   Lombroso, C T ^c   Schachter, S C ^d   Milne, R L ^a   Hopper, J L ^a   Andermann, F ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Epilepsy Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1842580622     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000118201.89498.48     Document Type: Review

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