Biparental inheritance in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1294-1295

  Jansen, An C ^a,b   Andermann, Eva ^a,b   Andermann, Frederick ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ATONIC SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INHERITANCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PEDIGREE; PETIT MAL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 5344279181     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.22004.x     Document Type: Letter

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