Genetic susceptibility to febrile seizures: Case-control association studies

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Kira, Ryutaro ^a   Ishizaki, Yoshito ^a   Torisu, Hiroyuki ^a   Sanefuji, Masafumi ^a   Takemoto, Megumi ^a   Sakamoto, Kanji ^b   Matsumoto, Shigetaka ^c   Yamaguchi, Yui ^a   Yukaya, Naoko ^a   Sakai, Yasunari ^a   Gondo, Kenjiro ^a   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sakamoto Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Matsumoto Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid base balance; Cytokines; Endocannabinoid; Febrile seizures; GABAA receptor trafficking; Gap junction; Interleukin 1 ; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CONNEXIN 43; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PRIP1 PROTEIN; SLC4A3 PROTEIN; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 1; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 71849094963     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.018     Document Type: Review

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