Language-induced epilepsy, acquired stuttering, and idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Phenotypic study of one family

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 766-772

  Valenti, Maria Paola ^a   Rudolf, Gabrielle ^a   Carré, Sophie ^a   Vrielynck, Pascal ^a   Thibault, Anne ^a   Szepetowski, Pierre ^b   Hirsch, Edouard ^c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Service de Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Language induced epilepsy; Reading epilepsy; Stuttering; Symptomatic spikes

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE MUSCLE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; LANGUAGE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SPIKE; STUTTERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PIRACETAM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; STUTTERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645501586     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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