An assessment of the Irish population for large-scale genetic mapping studies involving epilepsy and other complex diseases

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-183

  O'Dushlaine, Colm T ^a   Dolan, Ciara ^b   Weale, Michael E ^c   Stanton, Alice ^b   Croke, David T ^b   Kalviainen, Reetta ^d,e   Eriksson, Kai ^d,e   Kantanen, Anne Mari ^d,e   Gibson, Rachel A ^f,g   Hosford, David ^f,g   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^h,i   Gill, Michael ^a   Corvin, Aiden P ^a   Morris, Derek W ^a   Delanty, Norman ^b,j   Cavalleri, Gianpiero L ^b,j  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^j BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; IRELAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPILEPSY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 38349086141     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201938     Document Type: Article

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