The first Korean case of KCNQ2 mutation in a family with benign familial neonatal convulsions

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-326

  Yum, Mi Sun ^a   Ko, Tae Sung ^a   Yoo, Han Wook ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benign Neonatal; Epilepsy; KCNQ2 Potassium Channel; Mutation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; SOUTH KOREA;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951632068     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.2.324     Document Type: Article

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