Common polymorphisms in the CACNA1H gene associated with childhood absence epilepsy in Chinese Han population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-335

  Liang, J ^a,e   Zhang, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Wang, J ^a   Pan, H ^a   Wu, H ^b   Xu, K ^c   Liu, X ^a   Jiang, Y ^a   Shen, Y ^d   Wu, Xiru ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association analysis; CACNA1H; Childhood absence epilepsy; Chinese; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; PROTEIN CACNA1H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 34247135880     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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