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Genes for epilepsy mapped in the mouse.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 9 Aug 1991
Rise M L, Frankel W N, Coffin J M, Seyfried T N
Abstract excerpt
The neurological mutant mouse strain E1 is a model for complex partial seizures in humans. The inheritance of epileptic seizures with seven conventional chromosomal markers and over 60 endogenous proviral markers was studied by means of back-crosses of E1 with two seizure-resistant strains, DBA/2J and ABP/LeJ. The major gene responsible for this epileptic phenotype (El-1) was localized to a region distal with...
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