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At present, patients with epilepsy are resistant against all antiepileptic drugs in 15–25 per cent of cases. Hence the search for new pathogenetically sound approaches to treatment of this disease. Different neuroactive substances have been studied, of them kynurenines attracting a particular attention.
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Guzeva, V.I., Mikhailov, I.B., Melnikova, N.V. (1996). The Kynurenines and the Seizures. In: Filippini, G.A., Costa, C.V.L., Bertazzo, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Tryptophan Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 398. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_40
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