Genome wide high density SNP-based linkage analysis of childhood absence epilepsy identifies a susceptibility locus on chromosome 3p23-p14

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Chioza, Barry A ^a   Aicardi, Jean ^b   Aschauer, Harald ^c   Brouwer, Oebele ^d   Callenbach, Petra ^d   Covanis, Athanasios ^e   Dooley, Joseph M ^f   Dulac, Olivier ^g   Durner, Martina ^h   Eeg Olofsson, Orvar ⁱ   Feucht, Martha ^c   Friis, Mogens Laue ^j   Guerrini, Renzo ^k   Kjeldsen, Marianne Juel ^l   Nabbout, Rima ^g   Nashef, Lina ^m   Sander, Thomas ^n,o   Sirén, Auli ^p   Wirrell, Elaine ^q   McKeigue, Paul ^r   Robinson, Robert ^s   Gardiner, R Mark ^a   Everett, Kate V ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e The Children's Hospital 'Agia Sophia'   (Greece)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^h Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Denmark)

^k DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^l ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^m KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^o CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^p TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^q MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^s GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Association; Childhood absence epilepsy; Chromosome 3; Linkage; TRAK1

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; TRAFFICKING PROTEIN KINESIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA 2 DELTA SUBUNIT 2;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 3P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 70449678575     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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