Benign adult familial myoclonus epilepsy (BAFME): An autosomal dominant form not linked to the dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) gene

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-81

  Kuwano, A ^a   Takakubo, F ^a   Morimoto, Y ^a   Uyama, E ^b   Uchino, M ^b   Ando, M ^b   Yasuda, T ^c   Terao, A ^c   Hayama, T ^d   Kobayashi, R ^d   Kondo, I ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign adult familial myoclonus epilepsy; Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; REPETITIVE DNA; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 19144364193     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.1.80     Document Type: Article

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