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Samuel F Berkovic

Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne
Verified email at unimelb.edu.au
Cited by 95709

Revised terminology and concepts for organization of seizures and epilepsies: report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005–2009

AT Berg, SF Berkovic, MJ Brodie, J Buchhalter… - 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Commission on Classification and Terminology
has revised concepts, terminology, and approaches for classifying seizures and forms …

Febrile seizures and generalized epilepsy associated with a mutation in the Na+-channel ß1 subunit gene SCN1B

…, A Reis, EW Johnson, GR Sutherland, SF Berkovic… - Nature …, 1998 - nature.com
Febrile seizures affect approximately 3% of all children under six years of age and are by far
the most common seizure disorder 1. A small proportion of children with febrile seizures …

A missense mutation in the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit is associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

…, HA Phillips, GR Sutherland, IE Scheffer, SF Berkovic - Nature …, 1995 - nature.com
Epilepsy affects at least 2% of the population at some time in their lives 1 . The epilepsies
are a heterogeneous group of disorders, many with an inherited component 2 . Although …

A potassium channel mutation in neonatal human epilepsy

C Biervert, BC Schroeder, C Kubisch, SF Berkovic… - Science, 1998 - science.org
Benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) is an autosomal dominant epilepsy of infancy,
with loci mapped to human chromosomes 20q13.3 and 8q24. By positional cloning, a …

Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. A genetic disorder with heterogeneous clinical phenotypes.

IE Scheffer, SF Berkovic - Brain: a journal of neurology, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The clinical and genetic relationships of febrile seizures and the generalized epilepsies are
poorly understood. We ascertained a family with genealogical information in 2000 …

Mutant GABAA receptor γ2-subunit in childhood absence epilepsy and febrile seizures

…, GR Sutherland, JC Mulley, IE Scheffer, SF Berkovic - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Epilepsies affect at least 2% of the population at some time in life, and many forms have
genetic determinants 1 , 2 . We have found a mutation in a gene encoding a GABA A receptor …

[PDF][PDF] Mutations in filamin 1 prevent migration of cerebral cortical neurons in human periventricular heterotopia

…, WB Dobyns, BA Hirsch, RA Radtke, SF Berkovic… - Neuron, 1998 - cell.com
Long-range, directed migration is particularly dramatic in the cerebral cortex, where postmitotic
neurons generated deep in the brain migrate to form layers with distinct form and function…

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: a distinctive clinical disorder

…, JEC Constantinou, A Mclntosh, SF Berkovic - Brain, 1995 - academic.oup.com
The disorder of autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy has recently been
identified, and is now delineated in detail. A phenotypically homogeneous group of five families …

Prediction of seizure likelihood with a long-term, implanted seizure advisory system in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a first-in-man study

MJ Cook, TJ O'Brien, SF Berkovic, M Murphy… - The Lancet …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Seizure prediction would be clinically useful in patients with epilepsy and could
improve safety, increase independence, and allow acute treatment. We did a multicentre …

Epileptology of the first-seizure presentation: a clinical, electroencephalographic, and magnetic resonance imaging study of 300 consecutive patients

…, GJ Fitt, LA Mitchell, MJ Silvapulle, SF Berkovic - The Lancet, 1998 - thelancet.com
Background Prognosis and treatment of the first seizure depends on identification of a
specific epilepsy syndrome, yet patients with first seizures are generally regarded as a …