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A Prediction Algorithm for Drug Response in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Based on Clinical and Genetic Information.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Silva-Alves Mariana S, Secolin Rodrigo, Carvalho Benilton S, Yasuda Clarissa L, Bilevicius Elizabeth, Alvim Marina K M, Santos Renato O, Maurer-Morelli Claudia V, Cendes Fernando, Lopes-Cendes Iscia
Abstract excerpt
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of adult epilepsy in surgical series. Currently, the only characteristic used to predict poor response to clinical treatment in this syndrome is the presence of hippocampal sclerosis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in genes encoding drug transporter and metabolism proteins could influence response to therapy. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate...
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