Functional variant in complement C3 gene promoter and genetic susceptibility to temporal lobe epilepsy and febrile seizures.

BACKGROUND: Human mesial temporal lobe epilepsies (MTLE) represent the most frequent form of partial epilepsies and are frequently preceded by febrile seizures (FS) in infancy and early childhood. Genetic associations of several complement genes including its central component C3 with disorders of t...

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Main Authors: Sarah Jamali, Annick Salzmann, Nader Perroud, Magali Ponsole-Lenfant, Jennifer Cillario, Patrice Roll, Nathalie Roeckel-Trevisiol, Ariel Crespel, Jorg Balzar, Kurt Schlachter, Ursula Gruber-Sedlmayr, Ekaterina Pataraia, Christoph Baumgartner, Alexander Zimprich, Fritz Zimprich, Alain Malafosse, Pierre Szepetowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2940893?pdf=render