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ApoE-epsilon4 is associated with reduced memory in long-standing intractable temporal lobe epilepsy.
Neurology - 6 Feb 2007
Busch R M, Lineweaver T T, Naugle R I, Kim K H, Gong Y, Tilelli C Q, Prayson R A, Bingaman W, Najm I M, Diaz-Arrastia R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between the apolipoprotein (ApoE) epsilon4 allele and memory performance (verbal and nonverbal) in patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) who underwent temporal lobectomy. METHODS: Presurgical and postsurgical memory performance was examined in 87 adult patients with TLE (epsilon4 = 22; non-epsilon4 = 65) to determine whether the expression of...
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