Genetic locus heterogeneity in Lafora's progressive myoclonus epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 262-265

  Minassian, Berge A ^a,c,e,f   Sainz, Jesus ^a,c   Serratosa, Jose M ^a,c,i   Gee, Manyee ^a,c   Sakamoto, Lise M ^a,c   Bohlega, Saeed ^j   Geoffroy, Guy ^h   Barr, Cathy ^f,g   Scherer, Steve W ^f   Tomiyasu, Uwamie ^d   Carpenter, Stirling ^g   Wigg, Karen ^g   Sanghvi, A V ^a   Delgado Escueta, Antonio V ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for Neurological Research   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

ⁱ Jimenez Diaz Foundation   (Spain)

^j KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0032965666     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199902)45:2<262::AID-ANA20>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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