Atypical absences and recurrent absence status in an adult with Angelman syndrome due to the UBE3A mutation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Espay, Alberto J ^a   Andrade, Danielle M ^a   Wennberg, Richard A ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence status; Angelman syndrome; Non convulsive status epilepticus; UBE3A mutation

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENE MUTATION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 25844483407     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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