Association of Nicotinamide-N-Methyltransferase Gene rs694539 Variant with Epilepsy

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 4197-4200

  Sazci, Gensay ^a   Sazci, Bilgen ^a   Sazci, Ali ^a   Idrisoglu, Halil Atilla ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Association; Epilepsy; Gender association; NNMT gene; rs694539

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NNMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NNMT GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINAMIDE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937957666     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9364-2     Document Type: Article

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