Epilepsy Research
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 115-122 , January 1998

The gene encoding the α1A-voltage-dependent calcium channel (CACN1A4) is not a candidate for causing common subtypes of idiopathic generalized epilepsy

  • Thomas Sander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Rudolf Virchow, Humboldt University, Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 30 45060028; fax: +49 30 45060901.
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  • Christian Peters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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  • Dieter Janz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Rudolf Virchow, Humboldt University, Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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  • Amedeo Bianchi

      Affiliations

    • Coordinator of the Genetic Collaborative Group of the Italian League Against Epilepsy, Department of Neurophysiology, University of Arezzo, Ospedale USL 23, Via della Fonte Veneziana 17, 52100, Arezzo, Italy
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  • Gerhard Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Thomas F Wienker

      Affiliations

    • Genetic Epidemiology Group, Max Delbrück Centre, Robert-Rössle Str. 10, 13122, Berlin, Germany
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  • Thomas Hildmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Rudolf Virchow, Humboldt University, Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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  • Jörg T Epplen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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  • Olaf Rieß

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany

Received 25 May 1997 ,Revised 14 August 1997 ,Accepted 17 August 1997.

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