Study of the voltage-gated sodium channel β1 subunit gene (SCN1B) in the benign familial infantile convulsions syndrome (BFIC)

Human Mutation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Moulard, Bruno ^a   Buresi, Catherine ^a   Malafosse, Alain ^a  

^a HUG Hôpital Belle Idée   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benign familial infantile convulsions; BFIC; ICCA; Infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis; SCN1B; Voltage gated sodium channel 1 subunit gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033858589     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1004(200008)16:2<139::AID-HUMU6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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