Genetic and biologic classification of infantile spasms

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 355-367

  Paciorkowski, Alex R ^a,b   Thio, Liu Lin ^c,d   Dobyns, William B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1A TUBULIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DCX PROTEIN; GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); GRIN1 PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; LIS1 PROTEIN; MAGI2 PROTEIN; MENKES PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; PAH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SLC25A22 PROTEIN; SPTAN1 PROTEIN; STXBP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXG1; TSC1 PROTEIN; TSC2 PROTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDEMIA; AMINOACIDEMIA; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANTILE SPASM; MENKES SYNDROME; MILLER DIEKER SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NARP SYNDROME; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PALLISTER KILLIAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTYPIC DEVELOPMENTAL EPILEPSY; REVIEW; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; SOTOS SYNDROME; WEST SYNDROME; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROBIOLOGY; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 81855224646     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.08.010     Document Type: Review

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