No evidence for association between the KCNQ3 gene and susceptibility to idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-62

  Haug, Karsten ^a   Hallmann, Kerstin ^a   Horvath, Steve ^a   Sander, Thomas ^b   Kubisch, Christian ^a   Rau, Birgit ^a   Dullinger, Joern ^a   Beyenburg, Stefan ^c   Elger, Christian Erich ^c   Propping, Peter ^a   Heils, Armin ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Childhood absence epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; KCNQ3; Potassium channel; TDT

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY STUDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033835766     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(00)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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