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Non-response to antiepileptic pharmacotherapy is associated with the ABCC2 -24C>T polymorphism in young and adult patients with epilepsy.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 May 2009
Ufer Mike, Mosyagin Igor, Muhle Hiltrud, Jacobsen Thies, Haenisch Sierk, Häsler Robert, Faltraco Frank, Remmler Cornelia, von Spiczak Sarah, Kroemer Heyo K, Runge Uwe, Boor Rainer, Stephani Ulrich, Cascorbi Ingolf
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the association of non-response to antiepileptic pharmacotherapy with the frequency of variant alleles in the drug transporter genes ABCB1 and ABCC2 or in the CYP2C locus in young patients with epilepsy and an independent cohort of adults with drug-refractory epilepsy. METHODS: A total of 221 pediatric or adolescent Caucasian patients with epilepsy (105 females; age: 14.5+/-6.54...
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