Refined mapping of the epilepsy susceptibility locus EMJ1 on chromosome 6

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 842-847

  Sander, Thomas ^a   Bockenkamp, B ^a   Hildmann, T ^a   Blasczyk, R ^a   Kretz, R ^a   Wienker, T F ^b   Volz, A ^a   Schmitz, B ^a   Beck Mannagetta, G ^a   Riess O ^c   Epplen, J T ^c   Janz, D ^a   Ziegler, A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030882485     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.3.842     Document Type: Article

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