West syndrome associated with 14q12 duplications harboring FOXG1

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1600-1602

  Striano, P ^a   Paravidino, R ^b   Sicca, F ^c   Chiurazzi, P ^d   Gimelli, S ^e   Coppola, A ^f   Robbiano, A ^g   Traverso, M ^g   Pintaudi, M ^h   Giovannini, S ^j   Operto, F ^k   Vigliano, P ^l   Granata, T ^m   Coppola, G ⁿ   Romeo, A ^o   Specchio, N ^p   Giordano, L ^q   Osborne, L R ^r   Gimelli, G ⁱ   Minetti, C ^a   Zara, F ^a,i   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g Laboratory of Neurogenetics Muscular   (Italy)

^h Department of Neuropsychiatry and Child Neurology ^*  (Italy)

ⁱ G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k Neurorehabilitation Center   (Italy)

^l Martini Hospital   (Italy)

^m DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

ⁿ SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^o Center for Child Epilepsy   (Italy)

^p BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q Spedali Civili   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOXG1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q12 DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 79955642804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182194bbf     Document Type: Article

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