Examining the role of common genetic variation in the γ2 subunit of the GABAA receptor in epilepsy using tagging SNPs

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 229-238

  Kinirons, Peter ^a   Cavalleri, Gianpiero L ^c   Shahwan, Amre ^a   Wood, Nicholas W ^b   Goldstein, David B ^c   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^b   Delanty, Norman ^a   Doherty, Colin P ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Epilepsy; GABAA receptor; SNPs; Tagging

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PROTEIN GABRG2; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILEPSY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; EPILEPSY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33746934227     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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