A distinctive seizure type in patients with Cdkl5 mutations: Hypermotor-tonic-spasms sequence

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1436-1438

  Klein, K M ^a   Yendle, S C ^a   Harvey, A S ^a,b   Antony, J H ^c   Wallace, G ^d   Bienvenu, T ^e   Scheffer, I E ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5;

BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 79955402903     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182166e58     Document Type: Article

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