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Association of polymorphisms of CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and ABCB1, and activity of P-glycoprotein with response to anti-epileptic drugs.
Journal of postgraduate medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Taur S R, Kulkarni N B, Gandhe P P, Thelma B K, Ravat S H, Gogtay N J, Thatte U M
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy, the most common neurological disorder, has treatment failure rate of 20 to 25%. Inter-individual variability in drug response can be attributed to genetic polymorphism in genes encoding different drug metabolizing enzymes, drug transporters (P-gp), and enzymes involved in sodium channel biosynthesis. The present study attempted to evaluate association of polymorphisms of...
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