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The association of SCN1A p.Thr1067Ala polymorphism with epilepsy risk and the response to antiepileptic drugs in Slovenian children and adolescents with epilepsy.
Seizure - 1 Oct 2017
Bertok Sara, Dolžan Vita, Goričar Katja, Podkrajšek Katarina Trebušak, Battelino Tadej, Rener-Primec Zvonka
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The voltage-gated sodium channel SCN1A mutations are involved in epileptogenesis and may be associated with different epilepsy phenotypes. The SCN1A channel is also an important antiepileptic drug (AED) target. The aim of this study was to investigate if the SCN1A c.3184A>G/p.Thr1067Ala polymorphism modifies the epilepsy risk or is associated with the responsiveness to AEDs in Slovenian children and...
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