THE SCN2A gene is not a likely candidate for familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Maurer Morelli, Cláudia Vianna ^a   Secolin, Rodrigo ^a   Marchesini, Rafael Breglio ^a   Santos, Neide Ferreira ^a   Kobayashi, Eliane ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candidate locus; Genetics; Hippocampal sclerosis; Linkage study; Microsatellites; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN2A GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SCLEROSIS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33748930094     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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