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Efficacy of antiepileptic drugs for the treatment of Dravet syndrome with different genotypes.
Brain & development - 1 Jan 2016
Shi Xiu-Yu, Tomonoh Yuko, Wang Wen-Ze, Ishii Atsushi, Higurashi Norimichi, Kurahashi Hirokazu, Kaneko Sunao, Hirose Shinichi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the efficacy of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used in the treatment of Dravet syndrome (DS) with different genotypes. METHODS: Patients with DS were recruited from different tertiary hospitals. Using a direct sequencing method and Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA), genetic abnormalities were assessed within the exons and flanking introns of SCN1A gene, which encodes the...
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