Genome scan of idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Evidence for major susceptibility gene and modifying genes influencing the seizure type

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 328-335

  Durner, Martina ^a   Keddache, Mehdi A ^b   Tomasini, Livia ^c   Shinnar, Shlomo ^d   Resor, Stanley R ^e   Cohen, Jeffrey ^a   Harden, Cynthia ^f   Moshe, Solomon L ^g   Rosenbaum, David ^h   Kang, Harriet ⁱ   Ballaban Gil, Karen ^h   Hertz, Sharon ^a   Labar, Douglas R ^a   Luciano, Daniel ^d   Wallace, Sibylle ^e   Yohai, David ^a   Klotz, Irene ^f   Dicker, Elisa ^a   Greenberg, David A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^g NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE;

EID: 0035096682     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.69     Document Type: Article

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