Epilepsy in patients with duplications of chromosome 14 harboring FOXG1

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 530-535

  Pontrelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Cappelletti, Simona ^a   Claps, Dianela ^a   Sirleto, Pietro ^a   Ciocca, Laura ^a   Petrocchi, Stefano ^a   Terracciano, Alessandra ^a   Serino, Domenico ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromosome 14 duplication; epilepsy; epileptic spasms; FOXG1; genetic

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; FOLIC ACID; NITRAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOXG1 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84921424986     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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