T-type calcium channel gene alpha (1G) is not associated with childhood absence epilepsy in the Chinese Han population
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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to all the members of the families who participated in this work, to the many clinicians who contributed cases to the study, and to Professors Antonio V. Delgado-Escueta and Dalong Ma for their valuable discussions. This research was supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant 7001003), the China National High-Tech R & D Program (Grants 863-102-10 and 2002AA223011), the Peking University Human Disease Gene Research Center Foundation (Grant 2000-A-8), the Beijing
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