Epilepsy in one family with parietal foramina: An incidental finding?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1648-1649

  Valente, K D ^a,b   Valente, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Univ of Sao Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALX4 GENE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL BONE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 7244252891     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.035733     Document Type: Article

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