Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2015;30(12):885-887

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2015.12.002

Pharmacogenomics and antiepileptic drugs

Ye WU

Keywords

Pharmacogenomics; Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Pharmacogenomics is defined as the study of variation in DNA and RNA at the whole genome level,and its effects on drug response including effectiveness and adverse events.Pharmacogenomics is helpful for individualized drug therapy.The role of pharmacogenomics in antiepileptic drugs in therapy of epilepsy was briefly reviewed.