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15269472

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The study was based on the data of a sample of 400 epileptic patients (200 idiopathic and 200 symptomatic) and 100 normal healthy individuals serving as controls. The PTC threshold distribution was bimodal. The number of non-tasters among idiopathic epileptics (35.5%) and symptomatic epileptics (32.5%) was significantly higher than controls (20%). The relative incidence of non-tasters in idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsies was 2.20 and 1.93 respectively. There is evidence that non-tasters tend to ingest a greater quantity of bitter tasting goitrogenic substances present naturally in edible plants which in turn exert greater thyroid stress in non-tasters or less sensitive tasters. Such a stress during intrauterine or early childhood growth and development might have affected neurological maturation which in turn made them more susceptible to epilepsy than tasters, who faced lesser stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0028-3886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
206-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Possible relationship between phenylthiocarbamide taste sensitivity and epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article