Dissecting the genetic basis of myoclonic-astatic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1303-1313

  Tang, Shan ^a   Pal, Deb K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Doose; Endophenotype

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; TWINS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864985957     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03581.x     Document Type: Review

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