Should we still consider Dravet syndrome an epileptic encephalopathy?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-81

  Auvin, Stéphane ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GENETICS; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84901615915     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.05.010     Document Type: Editorial

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