Article
BRD2 (RING3) is a probable major susceptibility gene for common juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Pal Deb K, Evgrafov Oleg V, Tabares Paula, Zhang Fengli, Durner Martina, Greenberg David A
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a common form of generalized epilepsy that starts in adolescence. A major JME susceptibility locus (EJM1) was mapped to chromosomal region 6p21 in three independent linkage studies, and association was reported between JME and a microsatellite marker in the 6p21 region. The critical region for EJM1 is delimited by obligate recombinants at HLA-DQ and HLA-DP. In the present...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
