A reduced K+ current due to a novel mutation in KCNQ2 causes neonatal convulsions

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Lerche, H ^a   Biervert, C ^b   Alekov, A K ^a   Schleithoff, L ^a   Lindner, M ^a   Klingler, W ^a   Bretschneider, F ^a   Mitrovic, N ^a   Jurkat Rott, K ^a   Bode, H ^a   Lehmann Horn, F ^a   Steinlein, O K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032832304     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199909)46:3<305::AID-ANA5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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