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Association of MDR1 (C3435T) polymorphism and resistance to carbamazepine in epileptic patients from Turkey.
European neurology - 1 Jan 2008
Ozgon Gulay Oner, Bebek Nerses, Gul Gunay, Cine Naci
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We investigated the prevalence of this multidrug resistance 1 gene (MDR1) polymorphism in drug-responsive versus drug-resistant epilepsy patients treated with carbamazepine (CBZ), which is a substrate of this protein. METHODS: We genotyped the C3435T variant of MDR1 in 97 patients treated with CBZ monotherapy who had been on stable doses for more than 1 month. Our control group included 174...
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