Genetic focal epilepsies: State of the art and paths to the future

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Andermann, Frederick ^a   Kobayashi, Eliane ^a   Andermann, Eva ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familial focal epilepsies; Genetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GENE PRODUCT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PRION PROTEIN; PRODYNORPHIN; PROTEIN LGI1;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AWARENESS; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644802824     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00361.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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