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CACNA1I is not associated with childhood absence epilepsy in the Chinese Han population.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Sept 2006
Wang Juli, Zhang Yuehua, Liang Jianmin, Pan Hong, Wu Husheng, Xu Keming, Liu Xiaoyan, Jiang Yuwu, Shen Yan, Wu Xiru
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated whether the T-type calcium channel gene CACNA1I causes susceptibility in the Chinese Han population to childhood absence epilepsy, a form of idiopathic generalized seizure disorder. For this investigation, we searched for mutations in the 35 exons and exon-intron boundaries of the CACNA1I gene in 50 Han Chinese patients with childhood absence epilepsy. Seventeen single nucleotide...
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