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Lack of association of ABCB1 haplotypes on five loci with response to treatment in epilepsy.
Seizure - 1 Sept 2011
Haerian B S, Lim K S, Mohamed E H M, Tan H J, Tan C T, Raymond A A, Wong C P, Wong S W, Mohamed Z
Abstract excerpt
Approximately one third of newly treated epilepsy patients do not respond to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) efflux transporter has been proposed to have a critical role in causing resistance to AEDs. P-gp is a product of the ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1) gene. The purpose of this study was to investigate a possible link between ABCB1 rs3789243 C>T, C1236T,...
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