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Variants of the genes encoding AQP4 and Kir4.1 are associated with subgroups of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Epilepsy research - 1 Jan 2010
Heuser Kjell, Nagelhus Erlend A, Taubøll Erik, Indahl Ulf, Berg Paul R, Lien Sigbjørn, Nakken Sigve, Gjerstad Leif, Ottersen Ole Petter
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OBJECTIVE: The etiopathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and its subgroups - mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) and TLE with antecedent febrile seizures (TLE-FS) - is poorly understood. It has been proposed that the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and the p...
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