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Mutation screening of the chromosome 8q24.3-human activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated gene (ARC) in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Aug 2000
Haug K, Kremerskothen J, Hallmann K, Sander T, Dullinger J, Rau B, Beyenburg S, Lentze M J, Barnekow A, Elger C E, Propping P, Heils A
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders, in which a high genetic predisposition and a complex mode of inheritance have been suggested. However, genes, which confer liability to common IGE subtypes including juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) have not been identified so far. Here, we tested the hypothesis that genetic variation in the...
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