Lack of association of SCN2A rs17183814 polymorphism with the efficacy of lamotrigine monotherapy in patients with focal epilepsy from Herzegovina area, Bosnia and Herzegovina

We assessed the influence of the SCN2A gene polymorphism c.56 G > A rs17183814 on the response to lamotrigine monotherapy in patients with focal epilepsy in Herzegovina area, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For SCN2A polymorphism c.56 G > A rs17183814, one hundred patients with epilepsy who were receiving lamotrigine in monotherapy and seventy-one age and sex matched healthy controls were genotyped using TaqMan assay. All patients were Caucasians from...