Evaluation of candidate genes from orphan FEB and GEFS+ loci by analysis of human brain gene expression atlases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Piro, Rosario M ^a,b,c   Molineris, Ivan ^a   Ala, Ugo ^a,d   Di Cunto, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; PROTEIN SCN1B; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GABRD GENE; GABRG2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY WITH FEBRILE SEIZURE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; SCN1A GENE; SCN1B GENE; SCN2A GENE; SCN9A GENE; VALIDITY; BRAIN; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051771129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023149     Document Type: Article

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