Epilepsy in Prader-Willi syndrome: Clinical characteristics and correlation to genotype

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Vendrame, Martina ^a   Maski, Kiran P ^a   Chatterjee, Madhumouli ^a   Heshmati, Arezou ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Kalpathy ^b   Tan, Wen Hann ^a   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CHRNA7; Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Imprinting; Prader Willi syndrome; UBE3A; Uniparental disomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649956156     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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