Mapping of a gene determining familial partial epilepsy with variable foci to chromosome 22q11-q12

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1698-1710

  Xiong, Lan ^a,b   Labuda, Malgorzata ^a   Li, Dong Sheng ^a   Hudson, Thomas J ^c   Desbiens, Richard ^e   Patry, Georges ^e   Verret, Simon ^e   Langevin, Pierre ^e   Mercho, Suha ^b   Seni, Marie Hélène ^b   Scheffer, Ingrid ^f,g,h   Dubeau, François ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^b,f   Andermann, Frederick ^b   Andermann, Eva ^b,d   Pandolfo, Massimo ^a,b,i  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

ⁱ NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033362028     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302649     Document Type: Article

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