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Association of BDNF Polymorphisms with the Risk of Epilepsy: a Multicenter Study.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Jul 2016
Sha'ari Hidayati Mohd, Haerian Batoul Sadat, Baum Larry, Tan Hui Jan, Rafia Mohd Hanip, Kwan Patrick, Cherny Stacey S, Sham Pak Chung, Gui Hongsheng, Raymond Azman Ali, Lim Kheng Seang, Mohamed Zahurin
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Evidence suggested that abnormal activity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) contributes to the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Some previous studies identified association between genetic variants of BDNF and risk of epilepsy. In this study, this association has been examined in the Hong Kong and Malaysian epilepsy...
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