Ring 21 chromosome presenting with epilepsy and intellectual disability: Clinical report and review of the literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 911-914

  Specchio, Nicola ^a   Carotenuto, Antonio ^a,b   Trivisano, Marina ^c   Cappelletti, Simona ^a   Digilio, Cristina ^a   Capolino, Rossella ^a   Di Capua, Matteo ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MALE; MOSAICISM; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHENOTYPE; RING CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 79953300700     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33899     Document Type: Letter

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