The GABBR1 locus and the G1465A variant is not associated with temporal lobe epilepsy preceded by febrile seizures

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ma, Shaochun ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^b,c   Haines, Jonathan L ^b,c   Hedera, Peter ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNDROME;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; GABA TYPE B RECEPTOR, SUBUNIT 1;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 26444567845     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-6-13     Document Type: Article

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