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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anterior Temporal Lobectomy, Apolipoprotein E4, Chronic Disease, Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Male, Memory Disorders, Middle Aged, Treatment Failure.
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Is apoE-epsilon4 associated with reduced memory in long-standing intractable temporal lobe epilepsy? Context: To investigate the relationship between the apolipoprotein (ApoE) epsilon4 allele and memory performance (verbal and nonverbal) in patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) who underwent temporal lobectomy. Presurgical and postsurgical memory performance was examined in 87 adult patients with TLE (epsilon4 = 22; non-epsilon4 = 65) to determine whether the expression of ApoE-epsilon4 may be associated with memory performance in this population and to examine how this relationship may be affected by duration of epilepsy. There was a significant interaction between ApoE-epsilon4 status and duration of epilepsy such that epsilon4 carriers with a long duration of epilepsy demonstrated the poorest memory performance on both verbal and nonverbal measures. This relationship was observed both before and after temporal lobectomy, with little change in test performance over time.
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The ApoE-epsilon4 allele interacts with longstanding seizures to affect memory performance, both verbal and nonverbal, in patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Final Decision: yes