Role of GRM4 in idiopathic generalized epilepsies analysed by genetic association and sequence analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Muhle Hiltrud, H ^a   von Spiczak, Sarah ^a   Gaus, Verena ^b   Kara, Serife ^a   Helbig, Ingo ^a   Hampe, Jochen ^c   Franke, Andre ^c   Weber, Yvonne ^d,e   Lerche, Holger ^d,e   Kleefuss Lie, Ailing A ^f   Elger, Christian E ^f   Schreiber, Stefan ^c   Stephani, Ulrich ^a   Sander, Thomas ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association; Epilepsy; Gene; GRM4; IGE; Metabotropic glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77951294396     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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