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Inducing Post-Traumatic Epilepsy in a Mouse Model of Repetitive Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: February 10, 2020
Haptoglobin phenotype and apolipoprotein E polymorphism: relationship to posttraumatic seizures and
Gail D Anderson1, Nancy R Temkin, Sureyya S Dikmen
1Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Box 357630, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. gaila@u.washington.edu
Abstract:
The relationship of genetic predisposition to reduced iron capacity and apolipoprotein E (APOE) to posttraumatic seizures (PTSs) and neuropsychological outcomes was investigated in patients with traumatic brain injuries from a prior valproate clinical study. Haptoglobin concentration/phenotype and APOE genotype were determined in 25 patients with PTSs and 26 control (no PTSs) subjects approximately 10 years after traumatic brain injury. Haptoglobin phenotype was also determined in previously collected frozen samples for 25 additional patients with PTSs and 32 no-PTS subjects. There was no relationship between haptoglobin phenotype or APOE genotype and occurrence of PTSs. APOE genotype was not related to neuropsychological outcome; however, when adjustments were made for differences in educational levels, APOE epsilon4 subjects did worse, especially on tests of verbal intellectual and verbal memory skills. In contrast to our hypothesis, those with haptoglobin 1-1 (high-affinity binder of hemoglobin) scored somewhat worse on Verbal IQ and Tapping D at 1 and 12 months after injury.
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