A novel mutation of CHRNA4 responsible for autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1749-1753

  Hirose, Shinichi ^a   Iwata, H ^b   Akiyoshi, H ^b   Kobayashi, K ^b   Ito, M ^b   Wada, K ^b   Kaneko, S ^b   Mitsudome, A ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Channelopathy; Epilepsy; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 4 subunit; Neurotransmitter; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHANNEL GATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033544326     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1749     Document Type: Article

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