Neonatal seizures and long QT syndrome: A cardiocerebral channelopathy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-296

  Heron, Sarah E ^a,b   Hernandez, Marta ^c   Edwards, Caitlin ^d   Edkins, Edward ^d   Jansen, Floor E ^e   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^e   Berkovic, Samuel F ^e   Mulley, John C ^a,b,f  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Long QT syndrome; Neonatal seizures; Voltage gated potassium channel; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHANNELOPATHY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; KCNE2 GENE; KCNQ2 GENE; KCNQ3 GENE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN5A GENE; SEIZURE;

CHANNELOPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNQ3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURES; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 75649094894     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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