When should clinicians order genetic testing for dravet syndrome?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 319-323

  Fountain Capal, Jamie K ^a   Holland, Katherine D ^a   Gilbert, Donald L ^a   Hallinan, Barbara E ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY CRITERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOCLONUS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 80054124031     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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