Episodic ataxia type 1 without episodic ataxia: The diagnostic utility of nerve excitability studies in individuals with KCNA1 mutations

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 959-962

  Tan, S Veronica ^a,b   Wraige, Elizabeth ^c   Lascelles, Karine ^c   Bostock, Hugh ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; EPISODIC ATAXIA TYPE 1; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 84883774755     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12236     Document Type: Article

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