Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy with a mutation in the CHRNB2 gene

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 516-520

  Díaz Otero, Fernando ^a,e   Quesada, Mar ^b   Morales Corraliza, José ^a   Martínez Parra, Carlos ^b   Gómez Garre, Pilar ^a,c   Serratosa, José M ^a,c,d  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Concepción   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; CHRNB2; Epilepsy; Frontal; Genetics

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHRNA4 GENE; CHRNB2 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPAIN; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 39749140434     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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