M129V polymorphism in the prion protein gene is not associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in a Han Chinese population

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 827-830

  Wang, X ^a   Sun, W ^b   Zhu, X ^a   Wu, X ^a   Li, L ^b   Zhu, S ^a   Du, T ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Niu, N ^a   Wang, Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association; Han chinese; M129V; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PRNP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIONS;

EID: 54549092066     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02191.x     Document Type: Article

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