CHRNB2 is the second acetylcholine receptor subunit associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 225-231

  Phillips, Hilary A ^a   Favre, Isabelle ^d   Kirkpatrick, Martin ^e   Zuberi, Sameer M ^g   Goudie, David ^f   Heron, Sarah E ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^h   Sutherland, Grant R ^a,b,c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^h   Bertrand, Daniel ^d   Mulley, John C ^a,c  

^a Women s and Children s Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^f NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035163074     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316946     Document Type: Article

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