Benign occipital epilepsies of childhood: Clinical features and genetics

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2287-2294

  Taylor, Isabella ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b   Kivity, Sara ^c,d   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign; Childhood; Epilepsy; Genetic; Occipital

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL GENETICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 50849145123     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn138     Document Type: Article

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