Can we increase the likelihood of success for future association studies in epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1617-1621

  Durner, Martina ^a,c   Gorroochurn, Prakash ^a   Marini, Carla ^b   Guerrini, Renzo ^b  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749670860     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00842.x     Document Type: Note

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