Protocadherin 19 mutations in girls with infantile-onset epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 646-653

  Marini, C ^a   Mei, D ^a   Parmeggiani, L ^b   Norci, V ^a   Calado, E ^c   Ferrari, A ^d   Moreira, A ^c   Pisano, T ^a   Specchio, N ^e   Vigevano, F ^e   Battaglia, D ^f   Guerrini, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Neuropsichiatria Infantile   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTOCADHERIN 19; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLICING MUTATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRUNCATING MUTATION;

AGE OF ONSET; CADHERINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT MUTATION; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 77955881836     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181ed9e67     Document Type: Article

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