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Associations between MDR1 C3435T polymorphism and drug-resistant epilepsy in the Polish population.
Acta neurologica Belgica - 1 Mar 2017
Skalski Dominik, Wendorff Janusz, Romanowicz Hanna, Rysz Andrzej, Marchel Andrzej, Stasiołek Mariusz, Smolarz Beata
Abstract excerpt
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder. About one-third of epileptic patients demonstrate multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype and develop drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) C3435T (rs1045642), identified in the MDR1 gene, is associated with an increased intestinal expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) which affects the levels of anti-epileptic drugs in plasma. The reported...
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