Lack of association between rs211037 of the GABRG2 gene and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in Brazilian population

Neurology India

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-586

  Gitaí, Lívia Leite Góes ^c   De Almeida, Delma Holanda ^a   Born, João Paulo Lopes ^a   Gameleira, Fernando Tenório ^b   De Andrade, Tiago Gomes ^c   Machado, Luciana Cláudia Herculano ^d   Gitaí, Daniel Leite Góes ^a,d  

^a Department of Cell   (Brazil)

^b Synapsi Neurological Clinic   (Brazil)

^c Campus Arapiraca ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GABRG2; JME; SNP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABRG2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872189159     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.105191     Document Type: Article

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