Genotypic association of exonic LGI4 polymorphisms and childhood absence epilepsy

Neurogenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Gu, Wenli ^a   Sander, Thomas ^b,c   Becker, Tim ^d   Steinlein, Ortrud K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign familial infantile convulsions; Childhood absence epilepsy; Exonic LGI4 polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMIDINE;

ABSENCE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BENIGN FAMILIAL INFANTILE CONVULSION; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LG14 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 1542350110     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-003-0158-8     Document Type: Article

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