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Implications of pharmacogenetics for the therapeutic use of antiepileptic drugs.
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology - 1 Mar 2014
Piana Chiara, Antunes Natalicia de Jesus, Della Pasqua Oscar
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease manifesting as recurrent seizures. Despite the availability of numerous antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), one-third of the patients are not responsive to treatment. Such inter-individual variability in the response to AEDs may be partly explained by genetic differences. This review summarizes the pharmacogenetics (PGx) of AEDs. In addition, a model-based approach...
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