Is variation in the GABA(B) receptor 1 gene associated with temporal lobe epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 778-780

  Tan, Nigel C K ^a   Heron, Sarah E ^b   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Mulley, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genomic control; Population stratification; Population specific effect; Rare variant; Susceptibility allele

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18244368709     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.49004.x     Document Type: Article

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