Localization of a gene for partial epilepsy to chromosome 10q

Nature Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 56-60

  Ottman, Ruth ^a   Schiaffino, M Vittoria ^b   Renieri, Alessandra ^a   Nigris, Filomena De ^b   Galli, Lucia ^a   Bruttini, Mirella ^a   Gebbia, Marinella ^b   Bergen, Arthur A B ^c   Lewis, Richard A ^d   Ballabio, Andrea ^a,b  

^a and Epidemiology   (United States)

^b TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PENETRANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PEDIGREE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029059069     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0595-56     Document Type: Article

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