Channelopathies as a genetic cause of epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-176

  Mulley, John C ^a,b   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^c,d   Petrou, Steven ^e   Berkovic, Samuel F ^c,d  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Channelopathy; Cryptogenic; Epilepsy; Genetics; Idiopathic; Ion channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ARISTALESS RELATED HOMEOBOX GENE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHANNELOPATHY; CHRNA4 GENE; CHRNB2 GENE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GABRA1 GENE; GABRG2 GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KCNQ2 GENE; KCNQ3 GENE; LEUCINE RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 GENE; LGI1 GENE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOKYMIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NON ION CHANNEL GENE; REVIEW; SCN1A GENE; SCN1B GENE; SCN2A GENE; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EPILEPSY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037399137     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200304000-00009     Document Type: Review

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