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The influence of C3435T polymorphism of ABCB1 gene on penetration of phenobarbital across the blood-brain barrier in patients with generalized epilepsy.
Seizure - 1 Sept 2008
Basic Silvio, Hajnsek Sanja, Bozina Nada, Filipcic Igor, Sporis Davor, Mislov Damir, Posavec Ana
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BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is refractory to medical treatment in about one-third of the patients. The exact pathological mechanism of epilepsy pharmacoresistance is still unclear, but a decreased antiepileptic drug (AED) uptake into the brain is suspected to play a role. P-glycoprotein (Pgp), a transme...
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