Lack of evidence of an allelic association of a functional GABRB3 exon 1a promoter polymorphism with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-32

  Hempelmann, Anne ^a,b   Cobilanschi, Joana ^c   Heils, Armin ^c   Muhle, Hiltrud ^d   Stephani, Ulrich ^d   Weber, Yvonne ^e   Lerche, Holger ^e   Sander, Thomas ^a,b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Childhood absence epilepsy; GABRB3; Genetics; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; GABRB3 GENE; GENE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 33947099991     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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