How should we be searching for genes for common epilepsy? A critique and a prescription

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages 72-80

  Greenberg, David A ^a   Stewart, William C L ^a  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exome; Genome wide association; Linkage analysis; Phenotype; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EXOME; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EPILEPSY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84865785503     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03616.x     Document Type: Article

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