Allelic heterogeneity of mediterranean myoclonus and the cystatin B gene

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 686-689

  Labauge, Pierre ^a,b   Ouazzani, Réda ^c   M'Rabet, Amel ^d   Grid, Djamel ^e   Genton, Pierre ^f   Dravet, Charlotte ^f   Chkili, Taieb ^c   Beck, Corrine ^b   Buresi, Catherine ^g   Baldy Moulinier, Michel ^b   Malafosse, Alain ^g,h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^e CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^f CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h Clinique de Belle Idee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FINLAND; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSANGUINITY; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PEDIGREE; POPULATION;

EID: 0031007014     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410520     Document Type: Article

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