An association analysis at 2q36 reveals a new candidate susceptibility gene for juvenile absence epilepsy and/or absence seizures associated with generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Date
2011Author
Dizdarer, Gulsen
Ayta, Semih
Tutkavul, Kemal
Comu, Sinan
Meral, Cihan
Agan, Kadriye
Caglayan, Server Hande
Tatli, Burak
Ozkara, Cigdem
Baykan, BETÜL
Yapici, Zühal
Bebek, Nerses
Yalcin, Ozlem
Yalcin, Destina
TÜRKDOĞAN, DİLŞAD
Unalp, Aycan
Uluduz, Derya
Gul, Gunay
Kuscu, Demet
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Purpose: To further evaluate the previously shown linkage of absence epilepsy (AE) to 2q36, both in human and WAG/Rij absence rat models, a 160-kb region at 2q36 containing eight genes with expressions in the brain was targeted in a case-control association study involving 205 Turkish patients with AE and 219 controls.
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