Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 140-153 , 1 September 1998

Transcripts of the transposon mariner are present in epileptic brain

  • Hong Xie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Box 208039, New Haven, CT 06520-8039, USA
    • ,
  • Michael L Brines

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Box 208039, New Haven, CT 06520-8039, USA
    • ,
  • Nihal C de Lanerolle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Box 208039, New Haven, CT 06520-8039, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 203 7852597; fax: +1 203 7372159; e-mail: nihal.delanerolle@yale.edu

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Epilepsy Research
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 140-153 , 1 September 1998

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