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Supportive evidence for an allelic association of the human KCNJ10 potassium channel gene with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Feb 2005
Lenzen K P, Heils A, Lorenz S, Hempelmann A, Höfels S, Lohoff F W, Schmitz B, Sander T
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in mice revealed a seizure-related QTL (Szs1), for which the inward-rectifying potassium channel Kcnj10 is the most compelling candidate gene. Association analysis of the human KCNJ10 gene identified a common KCNJ10 missense variation (Arg271Cys) that influences susceptibility to focal and generalized epilepsies. The present replication study tested the initial...
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