Characteristics and frequency of seizure disorder in 56 patients with Prader-Willi syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1581-1584

  Fan, Zheng ^a   Greenwood, Robert ^a   Fisher, Amy ^a   Pendyal, Surekha ^a   Powell, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649888504     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32934     Document Type: Letter

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