Genetic mapping of a major susceptibility locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy on chromosome 15q

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1329-1334

  Elmslie, Frances V ^j   Rees, Michele ^j   Williamson, Magali P ^j   Kerr, Michael ^a   Kjeldsen, Marianne J ^b   Pang, Kiang An ^c   Sundqvist, Anders ^d   Friis, Mögens L ^b   Chadwick, David ^c   Richens, Alan ^a   Covanis, Athanasios ^e   Santos, Manuela ^f   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^g   Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^h   Curtis, David ⁱ   Whitehouse, William P ^j,k   Gardiner, R Mark ^j  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f Research Department Portuguese League Against Cancer   (Portugal)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 8544254723     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1329     Document Type: Article

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