X-linked focal epilepsy with reflex bathing seizures: Characterization of a distinct epileptic syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1098-1108

  Nguyen, Dang Khoa ^a   Rouleau, Isabelle ^a,b   Sénéchal, Geneviève ^b   Ansaldo, Ana Inés ^c   Gravel, Micheline ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^d,e   Cossette, Patrick ^a,f  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathing epilepsy; Focal epilepsy; Genetics of epilepsy; Hot water epilepsy; Insula(r); Reflex epilepsy; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX BATHING SEIZURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THETA RHYTHM; VIDEOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; X LINKED FOCAL EPILEPSY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BATH; CANADA; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; REFLEX; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; QUEBEC; REFLEX; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 84936846057     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13042     Document Type: Article

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