Brain MRI findings in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy and genotype-phenotype correlations

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1092-1096

  Striano, Pasquale ^a,b,n   Mancardi, Maria Margherita ^b   Biancheri, Roberta ^a   Madia, Francesca ^c   Gennaro, Elena ^c   Paravidino, Roberta ^c   Beccaria, Francesca ^d   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^d   Bernardina, Bernardo Dalla ^e   Darra, Francesca ^e   Elia, Maurizio ^f   Giordano, Lucio ^g   Gobbi, Giuseppe ^h   Granata, Tiziana ⁱ   Ragona, Francesca ⁱ   Guerrini, Renzo ^j   Marini, Carla ^j   Mei, Davide ^j   Longaretti, Francesca ^k   Romeo, Antonino ^l   Siri, Laura ^b   Specchio, Nicola ^m   Vigevano, Federico ^m   Striano, Salvatore ⁿ   Tortora, Fabio ⁿ   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Minetti, Carlo ^a   Dravet, Charlotte ^o   Gaggero, Roberto ^b   Zara, Federico ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Policlinico Universitario gB Rossi   (Italy)

^f OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^g Spedali Civili ^*  (Italy)

^h MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^j DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^l Center for Child Epilepsy   (Italy)

^m BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^o CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Genotype phenotype correlations; MRI; SCN1A; Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34249774883     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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