August 2017

Haptoglobin polymorphism and cardiovascular risk factors in followed epileptic patients at Fann National University Hospital

The aim of our research was to evaluate the cardiovascular risk factors on epileptic patients treated at the Fann University Hospital and to study the influence of haptoglobin (Hp) polymorphism on disease progression. In order to do that, eighty-six (86) patients followed in neurology for at least 2 years were recruited. Each patient was matched to a control according to age and sex. Hp phenotyping was performed by...

Author(s): Papa Madièye GUEYE, Moustapha DJITE, El Hadji Malick NDOUR, Fatou GUEYE-TALL, Néné Oumou Kesso BARRY, Aïssatou SARR, Rokhaya NDIAYE DIALLO, Philomène LOPEZ SALL, Aynina CISSE and Pape Amadou DIOP