Is photosensitive epilepsy less common in males due to variation in X chromosome photopigment genes?

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1807-1809

  Taylor, Isabella ^a   Hodgson, Bree ^b   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,c   Mulley, John ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,d   Dibbens, Leanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene; Male; Photopigment; Photosensitive

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CONES (RETINA); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, X-LINKED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548453721     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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