Evaluation of CACNA1H in European patients with childhood absence epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-181

  Chioza, Barry ^a   Everett, Kate ^a   Aschauer, Harald ^b   Brouwer, Oebele ^c   Callenbach, Petra ^c   Covanis, Athanasios ^d   Dulac, Olivier ^e   Durner, Martina ^f   Eeg Olofsson, Orvar ^g   Feucht, Martha ^b   Friis, Mogens ^h,i   Heils, Armin ^j   Kjeldsen, Marianne ^h   Larsson, Katrin ^g   Lehesjoki, Anna Elina ^k   Nabbout, Rima ^e   Olsson, Ingrid ^l   Sander, Thomas ^m   Sirén, Auli ⁿ   Robinson, Robert ^a   Rees, Michele ^a   Gardiner, R Mark ^a   more..

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

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

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^m MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

ⁿ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

CACNA1H; Childhood absence epilepsy; Linkage; Sequence variants

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CACNA1H PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EUROPE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33745773136     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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