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Association of the 867Asp variant of the human anion exchanger 3 gene with common subtypes of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Oct 2002
Sander Thomas, Toliat Mohammad Reza, Heils Armin, Leschik Gundula, Becker Christian, Rüschendorf Franz, Rohde Klaus, Mundlos Stefan, Nürnberg Peter
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors play a major role in the etiology of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE). Our recent genome-wide search revealed suggestive evidence for a susceptibility locus for common IGE syndromes in the chromosomal region 2q36. The gene encoding the anion exchanger isoform 3 (AE3; gene s...
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