Genes and mutations in idiopathic epilepsy

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-145

  Delgado Escueta, A V ^a   Ganesh, Subramaniam ^a   Yamakawa, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; ADNFLE; BFNC; Epilepsy; GEFS+; Potassium channel; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0034789089     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1571     Document Type: Article

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