Malic enzyme 2 may underlie susceptibility to adolescent-onset idiopathic generalized epilepsy

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Greenberg, David A ^a,g   Cayanis, Eftihia ^b   Strug, Lisa ^a   Marathe, Sudhir ^a   Durner, Martina ^a   Pal, Deb K ^a   Alvin, Gabriele B ^a   Klotz, Irene ^a   Dicker, Elisa ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b   Bromfield, Edward B ^f   Resor, Stanley ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey ^d   Moshe, Solomon L ^c   Harden, Cynthia ^e   Kang, Harriet ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NY Hospital Cornell   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Columbia University Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 18; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 19944384885     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426735     Document Type: Article

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