Genetics in epilepsy: Transcultural perspectives

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 12-16

  Tripathi, M ^a   Jain, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Genetics; Populations; Transcultural

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037276775     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.44.s.1.6.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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