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Tobacco habits modulate autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B - 1 Nov 2006
Brodtkorb Eylert, Picard Fabienne
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors have been demonstrated in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE). The beneficial effect of nicotine administration was previously reported in one single case. We investigated the influence of the tobacco habits of 22 subjects from two pedigrees with alpha4 mutations (776ins3 and S248F). Subjects were interviewed with respect to pattern...
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