Ion channels and epilepsy

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-159

  Steinlein, Ortrud K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Genetics; Ion channel; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RETIGABINE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOKYMIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATAXIA; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; MYOKYMIA; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0034788563     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1582     Document Type: Article

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