Association of serotonin transporter promoter (5-HTTLPR) and intron 2 (VNTR-2) polymorphisms with treatment response in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-38

  Hecimovic, Hrvoje ^a   Stefulj, Jasminka ^b   Cicin Sain, Lipa ^b   Demarin, Vida ^a   Jernej, Branimir ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Limbic system; Serotonin; Temporal lobe epilepsy; VNTR 2

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TANDEM REPEAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956009487     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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