Familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsies: Clinical and genetic features

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages 55-57

  Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Giallonardo, Annateresa ^c   Aguglia, Umberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Reggio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; FMTLE; Genetics; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 65549171551     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02123.x     Document Type: Article

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