Discovery of epilepsy susceptibility genes: Implications for therapy development and pharmacogenomics

Pharmacogenomics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 731-734

  Ferraro, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Modifier alleles; Monogenic epilepsies; Polygenic epilepsies

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ALLELE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NAV1.1 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NAV1.2 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84861131710     PISSN: 14622416     EISSN: 17448042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pgs.12.31     Document Type: Review

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