Hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with epilepsy: Does it play a role in the pathogenesis of brain atrophy? A preliminary report

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 33-36

  Gorgone, Gaetano ^a,b,e   Caccamo, Daniela ^c   Pisani, Laura Rosa ^c   Currò, Monica ^c   Parisi, Giulia ^c   Oteri, Giancarla ^c   Ientile, Riccardo ^c   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,b,d   Pisani, Francesco ^c  

^a SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e Neurologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; C677T MTHFR polymorphism; Enzyme inducing antiepileptic drugs; Hyper total homocysteinemia

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 58149286300     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01967.x     Document Type: Article

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