Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome is not caused by SCN1A mutations

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 194-198

  Carranza Rojo, Daniel ^a   Simon Harvey, A ^a,b   Iona, Xenia ^b   Dibbens, Leanne M ^b   Damiano, John A ^a   Arsov, Todor ^a   Gill, Deepak ^c   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a   Leventer, Richard J ^a   Vincent, Angela ^d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   McMahon, Jacinta M ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dravet; Fever; FIRES; SCN1A; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEBRILE INFECTION RELATED EPILEPSY SYNDROME; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC SCREENING; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SCN1A GENE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861532377     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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