Genetic analysis of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channels in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy cases

Brain Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 692-698

  Tu, Emily ^a   Waterhouse, Louise ^a,b   Duflou, Johan ^b,d   Bagnall, Richard D ^a   Semsarian, Christopher ^a,b,c  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Department of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

arrhythmias; genetics; HCN gene; sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DNA; GLYCINE; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CATION CHANNEL 1; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CATION CHANNEL 2; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CATION CHANNEL 3; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CATION CHANNEL 4; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054679391     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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