Genetic seizure susceptibility underlying acute encephalopathies in childhood

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Kobayashi, Katsuhiro ^a   Ouchida, Mamoru ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^b   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^c   Nishiyama, Itsuko ^a   Matsui, Hideki ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Ohmori, Iori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Childhood; Febrile seizure; Genetics; SCN1A; Seizure susceptibility

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFANT; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; SEIZURES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957019146     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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