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Assessing the causal association between human blood metabolites and the risk of epilepsy.
Journal of translational medicine - 30 Sept 2022
Cai Jiahao, Li Xiaoyu, Wu Shangbin, Tian Yang, Zhang Yani, Wei Zixin, Jin Zixiang, Li Xiaojing, Chen Xiong, Chen Wen-Xiong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Metabolic disturbance has been reported in patients with epilepsy. Still, the evidence about the causal role of metabolites in facilitating or preventing epilepsy is lacking. Systematically investigating the causality between blood metabolites and epilepsy would help provide novel targets for epilepsy screening and prevention. METHODS: We conducted two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis....
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