Sporadic hemiplegic migraine and delayed cerebral oedema after minor head trauma: A novel de novo CACNA1A gene mutation

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-104

  Malpas, Timothy J ^a   Riant, Florence ^b   Tournier Lasserve, Elisabeth ^b   Vahedi, Katayoun ^b   Neville, Brian G R ^c  

^a General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ATAXIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSARTHRIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPORADIC HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; WEAKNESS; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 73249129712     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03493.x     Document Type: Letter

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