Failure to find association between febrile seizures and SCN1A rs3812718 polymorphism in south Indian patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-292

  Balan, Shabeesh ^a,b   Vellichirammal, Neetha Nanoth ^b   Banerjee, Moinak ^b   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Febrile seizures; Genetic association; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; SCN1A polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN1A GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; ALLELES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84866165696     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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