Genetic causes of generalized epilepsies

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-292

  Helbig, Ingo ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

copy number variation; exome sequencing; genetic generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; SODIUM CHANNEL;

EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84930935093     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1552922     Document Type: Article

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