Epilepsy and genetics;Epilepsi og genetikk

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2731-2734

  Gjerstad, Leif ^a   Taubøll, Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; TWINS; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTOSOME;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GABA;

EID: 0642371849     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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