Candidate Gene Analysis of the Human Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Type 4 (GRM4) in Patients with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 123 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Izzi, Claudia ^a   Barbon, Alessandro ^a   Toliat, Mohammad Reza ^d   Heils, Armin ^e   Becker, Christian ^d   Nürnberg, Peter ^b,d   Sander, Thomas ^b,c,d   Barlati, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Genetics; Glutamate receptor gene; GRM4; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDATE GENE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 6P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GRM4 GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0142157155     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20024     Document Type: Article

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