Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (Dravet syndrome) 30 years later

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Dravet, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Bureau, Michelle ^a   Bernardina, Bernardo Dalla ^d   Guerrini, Renzo ^b,e  

^a CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY;

AGE FACTORS; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953695994     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.02993.x     Document Type: Article

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