Seizure frequency in adults with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2528-2531

  Worthington, Jeanie C ^a   Rigby, Alan S ^b   Quarrell, Oliver W ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Seizures; Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TELEPHONE; WOLF HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; SYNDROME; WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME;

EID: 55449118855     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32483     Document Type: Article

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