Brain MRI Findings in Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy and Genotype–Phenotype Correlations

Summary:  Introduction: To determine the occurrence of neuroradiological abnormalities and to perform genotype–phenotype correlations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI, Dravet syndrome).

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