Genetic linkage study of an autosomal recessive form of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in a consanguineous Tunisian family

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Layouni, Samia ^a   Salzmann, Annick ^b   Guipponi, Michel ^b   Mouthon, Dominique ^b   Chouchane, Lotfi ^a,c   Dogui, Mohamed ^a,d   Malafosse, Alain ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CACNB4; Genetic linkage analysis; Genome wide scan; JME; KCNJ3; Tunisian family

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL VOLTAGE DEPENDENT SUBUNIT BETA 4; CATION CHANNEL; G PROTEIN ACTIVATED INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CACNB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNJ3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA; CHROMOSOME 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUNISIA;

EID: 77953534811     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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