Analyzing the etiology of benign rolandic epilepsy: A multicenter twin collaboration

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 550-555

  Vadlamudi, Lata ^a,b   Kjeldsen, Marianne J ^c   Corey, Linda A ^d   Solaas, Marit H ^e   Friis, Mogen L ^c   Pellock, John M ^f   Nakken, Karl O ^g   Milne, Roger L ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,h   Harvey, A Simon ^a,h   Hopper, John L ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g National Center for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^h ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ Epilepsy Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign rolandic epilepsy; Inheritance; Twin

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SPIKE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644789372     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00466.x     Document Type: Review

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