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The -1021C->T DBH gene variant is not associated with epilepsy or antiepileptic drug response.
Neurology - 26 Oct 2004
Depondt C, Cock H R, Healy D G, Burley M W, Weinshenker D, Wood N W, Goldstein D B, Sisodiya S M
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) catalyzes the conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine (NE). Animal studies show that genes in the NE pathway are candidates for susceptibility to epilepsy and antiepileptic drug (AED) response. The authors genotyped the -1021C-->T major functional polymorphism in the DBH gene in 675 patients with epilepsy and 1,087 controls. The authors found no association with epilepsy, several...
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