Genetic analysis of PHOX2B in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy cases

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1018-1021

  Bagnall, Richard D ^a,b   Crompton, Douglas E ^c,d   Cutmore, Carina ^a   Regan, Brigid M ^c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^d   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^d,e   Semsarian, Christopher ^a,b,f  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NBPHOX PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPILEPSY; EXON; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT SIZING ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOX2B GENE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDDEN DEATH; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908336426     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000781     Document Type: Article

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