Ser252Phe and 776ins3 mutations in the CHRNA4 gene are rare in the Italian ADNFLE population

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 637-639

  Tenchini, M L ^b   Duga, S ^b   Bonati, M T ^b   Asselta, R ^b   Oldani, A ^b   Zucconi, M ^b   Malcovati, M ^b   Dalpra L ^b   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CHRNA4 gene; Mutation; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Parasomnias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033179652     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.5.637     Document Type: Article

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