Atypical multifocal Dravet syndrome lacks generalized seizures and may show later cognitive decline

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-90

  Kim, Young Ok ^a,b   Bellows, Susannah ^a   Mcmahon, Jacinta M ^a   Iona, Xenia ^c   Damiano, John ^a   Dibbens, Leanne ^c   Kelley, Kent ^d   Gill, Deepak ^e   Cross, J Helen ^f,g   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; TIAGABINE; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVULSION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN1A GENE; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SEIZURES;

EID: 84890162969     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12322     Document Type: Article

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