Benign familial infantile convulsions: Mapping of a novel locus on chromosome 2q24 and evidence for genetic heterogeneity

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1521-1526

  Malacarne, Michela ^a   Gennaro, Elena ^a   Madia, Francesca ^a   Pozzi, Sarah ^b   Vacca, Daniela ^c   Barone, Baldassare ^d,e   Dalla Bernardina, Bernardo ^d,f   Bianchi, Amedeo ^a,d   Bonanni, Paolo ^d,g,h   De Marco, Pasquale ^d,i   Gambardella, Antonio ^d,j   Giordano, Lucio ^d,k   Lispi, Maria Luisa ^d,l   Romeo, Antonino ^d,m   Santorum, Enrica ^d,f,n   Vanadia, Francesca ^d,o   Vecchi, Marilena ^d,p   Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^d   Vigevano, Federico ^d,l   Viri, Franco ^d,m   Bricarelli, Franca Dagna ^a   Zara, Federico ^a,d,m   more..

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d Italian League against Epilepsy Collaborative Group on Genetics   (Italy)

^e Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^l BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ Ospedale Civico Benfratelli   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^p C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034987775     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320596     Document Type: Article

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