Seizures among families of Indian probands with different epileptic syndromes

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-38

  Jain, S ^a,b   Bhatia, M ^a   Tripathi, M ^a   Srivastava, A ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Gurjit, ^a   Pandey, R M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Indian Epilepsy Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Familial; Hereditary; Seizures; Syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SIBLINGS; SYNDROME;

EID: 3042703859     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0404.2003.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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