No evidence of linkage to 6p markers in Spanish families with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 213-217

  Obach, V ^a   Arroyo, S ^a   Santamaria, J ^a   Grinberg, D ^b   Oliva, R ^a  

^a INST D INVESTIGACIONS B   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome 6; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Linkage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 6; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0034625728     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01128-9     Document Type: Article

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