Independent occurrence of the CHRNA4 Ser248Phe mutation in a Norwegian family with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-535

  Steinlein, Ortrud K ^a   Stoodt, Jens ^a   Mulley, John ^b   Berkovic, Sam ^c,d   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^c,d   Brodtkorb, Eylert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; Amino acid; CHRNA4 mutation

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034098251     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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