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Association analysis of intractable epilepsy with C3435T and G2677T/A ABCB1 gene polymorphisms in Iranian patients.
Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape - 1 Jun 2011
Sayyah Mohammad, Kamgarpour Fateme, Maleki Mehri, Karimipoor Morteza, Gharagozli Kourosh, Shamshiri Ahmad Reza
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OBJECTIVE: The results from studies investigating a possible association between ABCB1 polymorphism and drug-resistant epilepsy are so far inconsistent. Moreover, recent meta-analyses studies do not confirm any link between ABCB1 C3435T polymorphism and drug resistance. Yet, if patients with comparable clinical status (same type of epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy onset and gender) are evaluated, the link...
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