Epilepsy in Mowat-Wilson syndrome: Is it a matter of GABA?

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1331-1332

  Cordelli, Duccio M ^a   Pellicciari, Alessandro ^a   Kiriazopulos, Demetrio ^a   Franzoni, Emilio ^a   Garavelli, Livia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEVER; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LETTER; MOWAT WILSON SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84879746640     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12204     Document Type: Letter

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