Suggestive evidence for a new locus for epilepsy with heterogeneous phenotypes on chromosome 17q

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Sirén, Auli ^a,b   Polvi, Anne ^b   Chahine, Lyne ^c   Labuda, Malgorzata ^d   Bourgoin, Sarah ^e   Anttonen, Anna Kaisa ^b   Kousi, Maria ^b   Hirvonen, Kari ^a   Simola, Kalle O J ^a   Andermann, Eva ^f   Laiho, Asta ^g   Soini, Juhani ^h   Koivikko, Matti ^a   Laaksonen, Reijo ^a   Pandolfo, Massimo ^c,e   Lehesjoki, Anna Elina ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Candidate gene analysis; Childhood absence epilepsy; Febrile seizure; Focal seizure; Genetic linkage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARRIER PROTEIN; INOSITOL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBFAMILY J MEMBER 16; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; ION CHANNEL; MYO INOSITOL 2 MONOPHOSPHATE; RAP2 INTERACTING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 25 MEMBER 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT 1G; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT 1; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL GAMMA SUBUNIT 1; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL GAMMA SUBUNIT 4; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL GAMMA SUBUNIT 5; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBFAMILY H MEMBER 4; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBFAMILY H MEMBER 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 72549085075     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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