KCNQ2 abnormality in BECTS: Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes following benign neonatal seizures resulting from a mutation of KCNQ2

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 122-125

  Ishii, Atsushi ^a   Miyajima, Tasuku ^b   Kurahashi, Hirokazu ^a,c   Wang, Ji Wen ^a,d   Yasumoto, Sawa ^a   Kaneko, Sunao ^e   Hirose, Shinichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Pediatric Neurology   (Japan)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BECTS; BFNC; Channelopathy; Genetics; Rolandic discharge

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CYTOSINE; PHENOBARBITAL; THYMINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KCNQ2 GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84868302141     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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