No evidence for a susceptibility locus for idiopathic generalized epilepsy on chromosome 5 in families with typical absence seizures

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Windemuth, C ^a   Schulz, H ^a   Saar, K ^a   Gennaro, E ^a   Bianchi, A ^a   Zara, F ^a   Bulteau, C ^a   Kaminska, A ^a   Ville, D ^a   Cieuta, C ^a   Nabbout Tarantino, R ^a   Prud'Homme, J F ^a   Dulac, O ^a   Bate, L ^a   Gardiner, R M ^a   Lindhout, D ^a   Wienker, T F ^a   Janz, D ^a   Sander, T ^b  

^a European Consortium on the Genetics of Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Germany ^*  (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Chromosome 5; Genetics; Linkage; Replication

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE REPLICATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0036752268     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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