An association between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis and human leukocyte antigens.

doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.13401.x

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An association between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis and human leukocyte antigens.

Epilepsia - 1 Mar 2002

Ozkara Cigdem, Altintas Ayse, Yilmaz Erkan, Eskazan Esat, Erkol Gökhan, Ozyurt Emin, Erdogan Ergun, Kuday Cengiz

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PURPOSE: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) is one of the medically intractable epilepsies that may be remediable with surgery. Although the pathogenesis of HS still remains obscure, genetics may play a role as a predisposing factor, with the genetically controlled immune system as one of its aspects. Our aim in this study was to investigate whether there is any association between...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Alleles
Child
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Female
HLA Antigens
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DR4 Antigen
HLA-DR7 Antigen
Hippocampus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sclerosis

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PMID: 11906507
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.13401.x

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