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SCN1A, SCN2A and SCN3A gene polymorphisms and responsiveness to antiepileptic drugs: a multicenter cohort study and meta-analysis.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jul 2013
Haerian Batoul Sadat, Baum Larry, Kwan Patrick, Tan Hui Jun, Raymond Azman Ali, Mohamed Zahurin
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AIM: Approximately a third of newly diagnosed epilepsy patients do not respond to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Evidence suggests that low penetrance variants in the genes of drug targets such as voltage-gated sodium channels may be involved in drug responsiveness. To examine this hypothesis, we compared data from two epilepsy cohorts from Malaysia and Hong Kong, as well as a meta-analysis from published data....
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