Mutation of GABRA1 in an autosomal dominant form of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
✍ Scribed by Cossette, Patrick; Liu, Lidong; Brisebois, Katéri; Dong, Haiheng; Lortie, Anne; Vanasse, Michel; Saint-Hilaire, Jean-Marc; Carmant, Lionel; Verner, Andrei; Lu, Wei-Yang
- Book ID
- 109919750
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 996 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1061-4036
- DOI
- 10.1038/ng885
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