Explorative two-locus linkage analysis suggests a multiplicative interaction between the 7q32 and 16p13 myoclonic seizures-related photosensitivity loci

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-50

  Pinto, Dalila ^a   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorothée G A ^a   Cordell, Heather J ^b   Mattheisen, Manuel ^c   Strauch, Konstantin ^d   Lindhout, Dick ^a   Koeleman, Bobby P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; IBD allele sharing; MOD score; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitivity; Two locus interaction; Two locus linkage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PPR1 GENE; PPR2 GENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PENETRANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 33845941079     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20190     Document Type: Article

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