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Causal relationship between oral microbiota and epilepsy risk: Evidence from Mendelian randomization analysis in East Asians.
Epilepsia open - 1 Dec 2024
Zhao Chenyang, Chen Fei, Li Qiong, Zhang Wei, Peng Lixiu, Yue Chaoyan
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OBJECTIVE: Gut microbiota can traverse into the brain, activate the vagus nerve, and modulate immune responses and inflammatory processes, thereby influencing the onset of epileptic seizures. However, research on oral microbiota and epilepsy remains limited, and observational studies have been inconsistent. We aim to estimate the potential links between oral microbiota and epilepsy and elucidate which specific...
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