Glutamate receptors: finally fingered in inherited epilepsy?

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Nicholas P Poolos. Epilepsy Curr. 2007 Jul-Aug.

. 2007 Jul-Aug;7(4):110-1.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2007.00191.x.

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Epilepsy-related ligand/receptor complex LGI1 and ADAM22 regulate synaptic transmission.
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