Familial cortical tremor and epilepsy: A well-defined syndrome with genetic heterogeneity waiting for nosological placement in the ILAE classification

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 669-

  Striano, Pasquale ^a   Robbiano, Angela ^a   Zara, Federico ^a   Striano, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL CORTICAL TREMOR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREMOR;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 78649952085     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.09.032     Document Type: Letter

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