Treatment of epilepsy – towards precision

Epilepsy was among the first disease areas to begin to apply principles of precision medicine to its treatment. This review looks at the role of investigation in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of antiepileptic drug treatment. Using sound principles, we can see that the use of genetic testing...

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Autor principal: Leach, John Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6305206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30613377
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16448.1
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description Epilepsy was among the first disease areas to begin to apply principles of precision medicine to its treatment. This review looks at the role of investigation in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of antiepileptic drug treatment. Using sound principles, we can see that the use of genetic testing will advance treatment of epilepsy in reducing harm and adverse effects and enhancing efficacy.
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spelling pubmed-63052062019-01-03 Treatment of epilepsy – towards precision Leach, John Paul F1000Res Review Epilepsy was among the first disease areas to begin to apply principles of precision medicine to its treatment. This review looks at the role of investigation in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of antiepileptic drug treatment. Using sound principles, we can see that the use of genetic testing will advance treatment of epilepsy in reducing harm and adverse effects and enhancing efficacy. F1000 Research Limited 2018-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6305206/ /pubmed/30613377 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.16448.1 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Leach JP http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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