A de novo mutation in an Italian sporadic patient affected by nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-353

  Sansoni, Veronica ^a   Nobili, Lino ^b   Proserpio, Paola ^b   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^c   Combi, Romina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84861313839     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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