Increased prevalence of unprovoked seizures in patients with a 22q11.2 deletion

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 129 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Kao, Amy ^a   Mariani, Juliana ^b   McDonald McGinn, Donna M ^a   Maisenbacher, Melissa K ^a   Brooks Kayal, Amy R ^a,c   Zackai, Elaine H ^a,c   Lynch, David R ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11; Digeorge syndrome; Idiopathic epilepsy; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DATA BASE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

EID: 3343012130     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30133     Document Type: Article

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