Genetics of epilepsy: The testimony of twins in the molecular era

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1042-1048

  Vadlamudi, Lata ^a,b,c   Milne, Roger L ^a   Lawrence, Kate ^a   Heron, Sarah E ^d   Eckhaus, Jazmin ^a   Keay, Deborah ^a   Connellan, Mary ^a   Torn Broers, Yvonne ^a   Howell, R Anne ^a   Mulley, John C ^e   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a   Dibbens, Leanne M ^d   Hopper, John L ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN CONCORDANCE; VALIDITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; SYNDROME; TWINS;

COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SYNDROME; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84922225570     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000790     Document Type: Article

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