Sudden death in Unverricht-Lundborg patients: Is serotonin the key?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-116

  Striano, Pasquale ^a   D'Amato, Elena ^a   Pezzella, Marianna ^b   Mainardi, Paolo ^c   Zara, Federico ^a   Striano, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CYSTATIN B; KYNURENINE; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; SEROTONIN; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 76449091041     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0193-9     Document Type: Letter

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