Genetics of epilepsy;Genetica de las epilepsias

Medicina

Volumn 67, Issue 6 I, 2007, Pages 601-613

  Charria Ortiz, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelopathies; Epilepsy; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEOME; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEURONAL CHANNELOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHANNELOPATHY; GENETICS; MUTATION; SYNDROME;

CHANNELOPATHIES; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, GABA; SYNDROME;

EID: 38449111685     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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