Epilepsy, speech delay, and mental retardation in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-460

  Grosso, Salvatore ^a   Mostardini, Rosa ^a   Di Bartolo, Rosanna Maria ^a   Balestri, Paolo ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; FSHD; Muscular dystrophy; Partial seizures; Psychomotor retardation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; PEDIGREE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052961036     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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