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Common polymorphisms in the CACNA1H gene associated with childhood absence epilepsy in Chinese Han population.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 2007
Liang J, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Wang J, Pan H, Wu H, Xu K, Liu X, Jiang Y, Shen Y, Wu X
Abstract excerpt
Variants with a relatively high frequency in the CACNA1H gene have previously been identified in cases of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) in the Chinese Han population most of which are located in exons 6 to 12. In present study we attempted to further investigate whether the CACNA1H gene is associated with CAE. Exons 6 to 12 of CACNA1H gene were sequenced in samples of 100 CAE trios recruited consecutively, and...
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