Association of the nicotinic receptor beta 2 subunit and febrile seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 186-189

  Peng, Ching Tien ^a   Chou, I Ching ^a   Li, Chia Ing ^a   Hsu, Yu An ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^a   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALLELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TAIWAN;

EID: 1642346251     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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