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Mutation screen of the GABA(A) receptor gamma 2 subunit gene in Chinese patients with childhood absence epilepsy.
Neuroscience letters - 31 Oct 2002
Lu Jianjun, Chen Yucai, Zhang Yuehua, Pan Hong, Wu Husheng, Xu Keming, Liu Xiaoyan, Jiang Yuwu, Bao Xinhua, Ding Keyue, Shen Yan, Wu Xiru
Abstract excerpt
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is considered to be a genetic disease, the genes responsible for which have not yet been identified. To investigate whether or not GABA(A) receptor gamma 2 subunit gene (GABRG2) is the susceptibility gene for CAE in the Chinese population, we screened 68 CAE patients of Han ethnicity from North China for mutations in the nine exons of GABRG2. Although we found no mutation in the...
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