Febrile seizures, genetic (Generalized) epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, and dravet's syndrome

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-159

  Scanlon, Andrew ^a,b   Cook, Sarah Sheets ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dravet's syndrome; Febrile seizures; Generalized epilepsy; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NERVE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE GATED, TYPE I, ALPHA PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE-GATED, TYPE I, ALPHA PROTEIN;

CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MUTATION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NURSING; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 77954365357     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2010.00230.x     Document Type: Review

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