Genome-wide linkage meta-analysis identifies susceptibility loci at 2q34 and 13q31.3 for genetic generalized epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-318

  Leu, Costin ^a,b   de Kovel, Carolien ^c   Zara, Federico ^a,d,ap   Striano, Salvatore ^aq   Pezzella, Marianna ^a,d,ap   Robbiano, Angela ^a,d,ap   Bianchi, Amedeo ^a,e,aq   Bisulli, Francesca ^a,f,aq   Coppola, Antonietta ^a,g,aq   Giallonardo, Anna Teresa ^a,h,aq   Beccaria, Francesca ^a,i,aq   Trenité, Dorothée Kasteleijn Nolst ^a,c   Lindhout, Dick ^a,c,j   Gaus, Verena ^a,k   Schmitz, Bettina ^a,k   Janz, Dieter ^a,k   Weber, Yvonne ^l   Becker, Felicitas ^a,l   Lerche, Holger ^a,l   Kleefuß Lie, Ailing A ^a,m   Hallman, Kerstin ^a,m   Kunz, Wolfram S ^a,m   Elger, Christian E ^a,m   Muhle, Hiltrud ^a,n   Stephani, Ulrich ^a,n   Møller, Rikke S ^a,o,p   Hjalgrim, Helle ^a,o,q   Mullen, Saul ^r   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^r   Berkovic, Samuel F ^r   Everett, Kate V ^s   Gardiner, Mark R ^t   Marini, Carla ^a,u   Guerrini, Reno ^u   Lehesjoki, Anna Elina ^a,v   Siren, Auli ^a,v,w   Nabbout, Rima ^a,x   Baulac, Stephanie ^a,y   Leguern, Eric ^a,y   Serratosa, Jose M ^a,z,aa   Rosenow, Felix ^a,ab   Feucht, Martha ^ac   Unterberger, Iris ^ad   Covanis, Athanasios ^ae   Suls, Arvid ^af,ag,ao   Weckhuysen, Sarah ^af,ag,ah,ao   Kaneva, Radka ^ai   Caglayan, Hande ^a,aj   Turkdogan, Dilsad ^a,ak   Baykan, Betul ^a,al   Bebek, Nerses ^a,al   Ozbek, Ugur ^a,al   Hempelmann, Anne ^a,k,am   Schulz, Herbert ^k,am   Rüschendorf, Franz ^am   Trucks, Holger ^a,b   Nürnberg, Peter ^a,b   Avanzini, Giuliano ^a,an   Koeleman, Bobby P C ^a,c   Sander, Thomas ^a,b,k,am   Zimprich, Fritz ^ac   Mörzinger, Martina ^ac   Claes, Lieve ^ao   Deprez, Liesbet ^ao   Smets, Katrien ^ao   Van Dyck, Tine ^ao   Deconinck, Tine ^ao   De Jonghe, Peter ^ao   Velizarova, Reana ^ai   Dimova, Petya ^ai   Radionova, Melania ^ai   Tournev, Ivaylo ^ai   Kancheva, Dahlia ^ai   Jordanova, Albena ^ai   Baulac, Michel ^y   Gourfinkel An, Isabelle ^y   Helbig, Ingo ⁿ   von Spiczak, Sarah ⁿ   Ostertag, Philipp ⁿ   Leber, Markus ^b   Toliat, Mohammad R ^b   Hallmann, Kerstin ^m   Klein, Karl Martin ^ab   Reif, Philipp S ^ab   Oertel, Wolfgang H ^ab   Hamer, Hajo M ^ab   Mei, Davide ^u   Norci, Vanessa ^u   Gambardella, Antonio ^aq   Tinuper, Paolo ^aq   La Neve, Angela ^aq   Capovilla, Giuseppe ^aq   Vigliano, Piernanda ^aq   Crichiutti, Giovanni ^aq   Vanadia, Francesca ^aq   Vignoli, Aglaia ^aq   Egeo, Gabriella ^aq   Franceschetti, Silvana ^aq   Belcastro, Vincenzo ^aq   Benna, Paolo ^aq   De Palo, Alessia ^aq   Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^aq   Vecchi, Marilena ^aq   Martinelli, Vittorio ^aq   Del Giudice, Ennio ^aq   Mancardi, Margherita ^aq   Stranci, Giuseppe ^aq   Scabar, Aldo ^aq   Gobbi, Giuseppe ^aq   Giordano, Ivan ^aq   Guerero, Rosa ^aa   Giraldez, Beatriz G ^aa   de Haan, Gerrit Jan ^j   Ozdemir, Ozkan ^al   Ugur, Sibel ^al   Kocasoy Orhan, Elif ^al   Yücesan, Emrah ^al   Cine, Naci ^al   Gokyigit, Aysen ^al   Gurses, Candan ^al   Gul, Gunay ^al   Ayta, Semih ^al   Yapici, Zuhal ^al   Ozkara, Cigdem ^al   Yalcin, Ozlem ^aj   Yalcin, Destina ^ar   Arslan, Kezban ^as   Bozdemir, Hacer ^as   Dizdarer, Gulsen ^at   Uluduz, Derya ^au   more..

^a University of Cologne ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e San Donato Civil Hospital   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^o DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^s ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^w TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^x HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^y PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^z Biomedical Research Institute Hospital Universitario   (Spain)

^aa CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^ab UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^ac MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^ad INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^ae AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^af DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^ah EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^ai MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^aj BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ak MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^al ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^am MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^an DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^ap G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^aq Italian League Against Epilepsy   (Italy)

^ar Umraniye Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^as CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^at Dr Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^au ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Absence seizure; Complex inheritance; Genetic generalized epilepsy; Linkage analysis; Myoclonic seizure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84856357672     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03379.x     Document Type: Article

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