Focal epilepsy in Glucose transporter type 1 (Glut1) defects: Case reports and a review of literature

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1881-1886

  Wolking, Stefan ^a   Becker, Felicitas ^a   Bast, Thomas ^b   Wiemer Kruel, Adelheid ^b   Mayer, Thomas ^c   Lerche, Holger ^a   Weber, Yvonne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^c Sächsisches Epilepsiezentrum Radeberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Focal seizures; Genetics; Paroxysmal exertion induced dyskinesia; PED; SLC2A1

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; KETOGENIC DIET; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 84914166202     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7433-5     Document Type: Article

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