Borderline Dravet syndrome: A useful diagnostic category?

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 10-12

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a,b   Oguni, Hirokazu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borderline SMEI; Dravet syndrome; SCN1A gene; Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy; SMEIB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPTOM;

EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79953697442     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.02995.x     Document Type: Article

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