Revealing a brain network endophenotype in families with idiopathic generalised epilepsy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Chowdhury, Fahmida A ^a,b   Woldman, Wessel ^c   FitzGerald, Thomas H B ^a,d   Elwes, Robert D C ^b   Nashef, Lina ^b   Terry, John R ^c   Richardson, Mark P ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NETWORK; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; INHERITANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; METABOLISM; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907853299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110136     Document Type: Article

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