A functional polymorphism in the prodynorphin gene promotor is associated with temporal lobe epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 260-263

  Stögmann, Elisabeth ^a   Zimprich, Alexander ^b   Baumgartner, Christoph ^c   Aull Watschinger, Susanne ^a   Höllt, Volker ^b   Zimprich, Fritz ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ENKEPHALINS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036156977     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10108     Document Type: Article

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