Ion channels and the genetic contribution to epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-66

  Ryan, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0032928541     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400104     Document Type: Article

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