Interstitial deletion of chromosome 4p associated with mild mental retardation, epilepsy and polymicrogyria of the left temporal lobe

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 593-598

  Møller, Rikke Steensbjerre ^a,b   Hansen, C P ^a   Jackson, G D ^c   Ullmann, R ^d   Ropers, H H ^d   Tommerup, N ^b   Tumer Z ^b  

^a DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

4p deletion; Array CGH; Epilepsy; LGI2; Mental retardation; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION 4; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROGYRIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL RETARDATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 36248962727     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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