A case of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in a patient with FOXG1-related disorder

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e116-e119

  Terrone, Gaetano ^a,b,c   Bienvenu, Thierry ^d,e   Germanaud, David ^a   Barthez Carpentier, Marie Anne ^f   Diebold, Bertrand ^d,e   Delanoe, Catherine ^a,b   Passemard, Sandrine ^a,b   Auvin, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Hospital Cochin ^*  (France)

^e INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^f Centre de Pediatrie Clocheville   (France)

Author keywords

FOXG1; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Microcephaly

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; DNA; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; RUFINAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ABSENCE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATKINS DIET; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DELTA RHYTHM; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FORKHEAD BOX G1 GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RETT SYNDROME; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MICROCEPHALY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 84922337387     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12800     Document Type: Article

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