Role of folic acid depletion on homocysteine serum level in children and adolescents with epilepsy and different MTHFR C677T genotypes

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 340-343

  Coppola, Giangennaro ^a   Ingrosso, Diego ^b   Operto, Francesca Felicia ^a   Signoriello, Giuseppe ^b   Lattanzio, Francamaria ^c   Barone, Eugenia ^c   Matera, Sabino ^c   Verrotti, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant drugs; Folic acid; Homocysteine; MTHFR polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HOMOCYSTEINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84860680466     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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