Two cases of generalized seizures and the Velocardiofacial syndrome - A clinically significant association?

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 695-698

  El Tahir, Mohamed Omer ^a   Kerr, M ^b   Jones, R G ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning disability; Mental illness; Primary generalized epilepsy; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; SULPIRIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 4744347786     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2003.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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