PCDH19-related epilepsy and Dravet Syndrome: Face-off between two early-onset epilepsies with fever sensitivity

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-36

  Trivisano, Marina ^a,b   Pietrafusa, Nicola ^a,c   Ciommo, Vincenzo di ^a   Cappelletti, Simona ^a   Palma, Luca de ^a   Terracciano, Alessandra ^a   Bertini, Enrico ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dravet Syndrome; Epilepsy classification; Genetic epilepsy; PCDH19 related epilepsy; SCN1A

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PCDH19 GENE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CADHERIN; PCDH19 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SCN1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

AGE OF ONSET; CADHERINS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MUTATION; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84978906222     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.05.015     Document Type: Article

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