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Clinical factors and ABCB1 polymorphisms in prediction of antiepileptic drug response: a prospective cohort study.
The Lancet. Neurology - 1 Aug 2006
Leschziner Guy, Jorgensen Andrea L, Andrew Toby, Pirmohamed Munir, Williamson Paula R, Marson Anthony G, Coffey Alison J, Middleditch Claire, Rogers Jane, Bentley David R, Chadwick David W, Balding David J, Johnson Michael R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ABCB1 3435C-->T single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) or a three-SNP haplotype containing 3435C-->T has been implicated in multidrug resistance in epilepsy in three retrospective case-control studies, but a further three have failed to replicate the association. We aimed to determine the effect of the ABCB1 gene on epilepsy drug response, using a unique large cohort of epilepsy patients with...
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