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Role of apolipoprotein E in febrile convulsion.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Oct 2008
Giray Ozlem, Ulgenalp Ayfer, Bora Elçin, Uran Nedret, Yilmaz Ebru, Unalp Aycan, Erçal Derya
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E is consistently associated with the progression of some common human neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., epilepsy. We hypothesized that genetic variations in the apolipoprotein E gene have implications for susceptibility to, and prognoses in, febrile convulsion, which plays an apparent role in the development of epilepsy. We used the polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion to...
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