Contribution of GABRG2 Polymorphisms to Risk of Epilepsy and Febrile Seizure: a Multicenter Cohort Study and Meta-analysis

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 5457-5467

  Haerian, Batoul Sadat ^a   Baum, Larry ^b   Kwan, Patrick ^c   Cherny, Stacey S ^d   Shin, Jae Gook ^e   Kim, Sung Eun ^f   Han, Bok Ghee ^g   Tan, Hui Jan ^h   Raymond, Azman Ali ^h   Tan, Chong Tin ^a   Mohamed, Zahurin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Inje University   (South Korea)

^f Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; GABRG2; Polymorphism; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GABRG2 GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALAYSIAN; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH KOREAN; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84944705310     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-015-9457-y     Document Type: Article

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