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Causal association between cerebral small vessel disease and epilepsy.
Neurosurgical review - 15 Feb 2025
Xu Qiwu, Tan Guoxiang, Zhao Yong, Ding Ting, Hu Ke, Ling Chen
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is known to increase the risk of epilepsy, but the causal relationship between the two remains unclear. This study utilizes Mendelian Randomization (MR) to assess the genetic link between SVD and epilepsy, incorporating additional analyses including colocalization, gene-set, and pathway analysis to provide further evidence for shared mechanisms. We performed a two-sample MR...
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