No evidence of a major locus for benign familial infantile convulsions on chromosome 19q12-q13.1

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1799-1803

  Gennaro, Elena ^a   Malacarne, Michela ^a   Carbone, Ilaria ^a   Riggio, Maria Concetta ^b   Bianchi, Amedeo ^c   Bonanni, Paolo ^c   Boniver, Clementina ^c   Bernardina, Bernardo Dalla ^c   De Marco, Pasquale ^c   Giordano, Lucio ^c   Guerrini, Renzo ^c   Santorum, Enrica ^c   Sebastianelli, Rosella ^c   Vecchi, Marilena ^c   Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^c   Vigevano, Federico ^c   Bricarelli, Franca Dagna ^a   Zara, Federico ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Benign familial infantile convulsions; Chromosome 19q12 q13.1; Epilepsy; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032764078     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01601.x     Document Type: Article

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