Association between the M129V variant allele of PRNP gene and mild temporal lobe epilepsy in women

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Manna, Ida ^b   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Le Piane, Emilio ^c   La Russa, Antonella ^b   Condino, Francesca ^b   Cittadella, Rita ^b   Aguglia, Umberto ^c   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

PRNP; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK; SCREENING; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VALINE;

EID: 34250182052     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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