Autosomal dominant inheritance of centrotemporal sharp waves in rolandic epilepsy families

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2266-2272

  Bali, Bhavna ^a   Kull, Lewis L ^a   Strug, Lisa J ^a   Clarke, Tara ^a   Murphy, Peregrine L ^a   Akman, Cigdem I ^a   Greenberg, David A ^a   Pal, Deb K ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrotemporal; EEG; Epilepsy; Family; Focal sharp wave; Genetic; Rolandic; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 36949007589     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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