Exclusion of linkage between idiopathic generalized epilepsies and the GABAA receptor α1 and γ2 subunit gene cluster on chromosome 5

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-244

  Sander, Thomas ^a   Hildmann, Thomas ^b   Janz, Dieter ^a   Wienker, Thomas F ^c   Bianchi, Amedeo ^d   Bauer, Gerd ^e   Sailer, Ulrike ^e   Scaramelli, Alejandro ^f   Neitzel, Heidemarie ^b   Schmitz, Bettina ^a   Bailey, Mark E S ^g,i   Beck Mannagetta, Gertrud ^a   Johnson, Keith J ^g,i   Darlison, Mark G ^h  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Hospital of Arezzo   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁱ Anderson College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FAMILY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0029945435     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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