Late-onset lennox-gastaut syndrome in a patient with 15q11.2-q13.1 duplication

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1033-1035

  Orrico, Alfredo ^a   Zollino, Marcella ^b   Galli, Lucia ^a   Buoni, Sabrina ^a   Marangi, Giuseppe ^b   Sorrentino, Vincenzo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Chromosome disorders; DNA microarrays; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 66849101989     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32785     Document Type: Article

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