6q terminal deletion syndrome associated with a distinctive EEG and clinical pattern: A report of five cases

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 830-838

  Elia, Maurizio ^a   Striano, Pasquale ^b,c   Fichera, Marco ^a   Gaggero, Roberto ^c   Castiglia, Lucia ^a   Galesi, Ornella ^a   Malacarne, Michela ^d   Pierluigi, Mauro ^d   Amato, Carmelo ^a   Musumeci, Sebastiano A ^a   Romano, Corrado ^a   Majore, Silvia ^e   Grammatico, Paola ^e   Zara, Federico ^c   Striano, Salvatore ^b   Faravelli, Francesca ^d  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

6q Deletion; Chromosome abnormalities; Colpocephaly; EEG; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 6; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLPOCEPHALY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CYANOSIS; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; TELOMERE; VOMITING; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETICS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SYNDROME;

EID: 33745229227     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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