EEG features and epilepsy in MECP2-mutated patients with the Zappella variant of Rett syndrome

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 652-657

  Buoni, Sabrina ^a   Zannolli, Raffaella ^b   De Felice, Claudio ^a   De Nicola, Anna ^a   Guerri, Vanessa ^a   Guerra, Beatrice ^a   Casali, Stefania ^a   Pucci, Barbara ^b   Corbini, Letizia ^a   Mari, Francesca ^b   Renieri, Alessandra ^b   Zappella, Michele ^a   Hayek, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; MECP2 gene; Preserved speech variant; Rett syndrome; Zappella variant

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETT SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949913045     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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