A clinical and genetic study of 33 new cases with early-onset absence epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-226

  Giordano, Lucio ^a   Vignoli, Aglaia ^b   Accorsi, Patrizia ^a   Galli, Jessica ^b   Pezzella, Marianna ^c   Traverso, Monica ^c   Battaglia, Silvia ^a   Baglietto, Maria Giuseppina ^c   Beccaria, Francesca ^d   Cerminara, Caterina ^e   Gambara, Silvia ^a   Del Giudice, Ennio ^f   Crichiutti, Giovanni ^g   Bisulli, Francesca ^h   Pinci, Mariangela ^e   Tinuper, Paolo ^h   Briatore, Eleonora ⁱ   Calzolari, Stefano ⁱ   Coppola, Antonietta ^f   Canevini, Maria Paola ^b   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^d   Striano, Salvatore ^f   Zara, Federico ^c   Minetti, Carlo ^c   Striano, Pasquale ^c   more..

^a UO Neuropsichiatria Infantile   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ S Croce e Carle   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Early onset; EEG; IGE; SLC2A1; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY ONSET ABSENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1 GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960357501     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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