Adult-onset seizure disorder in the 18q deletion syndrome [3]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-528

  Adab, N ^a   Larner, A J ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; MYELINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 33745661666     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0009-7     Document Type: Letter

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