Causal relationship between addictive behaviors and epilepsy risk: A mendelian randomization study

CONCLUSION: This MR study indicated a potential genetically predicted causal association between lifetime cannabis use and higher risk of epilepsy. As for the other four addictive behaviors, no evidence of a causal relationship with the risk of epilepsy was found in this study.PMID:37729683 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109443

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - September 20, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Zhen Liang Lin Qiu Yingyue Lou Zhaoshi Zheng Qi Guo Qing Zhao Songyan Liu Source Type: research