What's new in: "Genetics in childhood epilepsy"

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 715-722

  Lagae, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Channelopathy; Childhood epilepsy; GEFS+; Genetics; Idiopathic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHANNELOPATHY; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHANNELOPATHIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 44349174797     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0690-5     Document Type: Review

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