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Influence of smoking, hypertension, and sex on the phenotypic expression of familial intracranial aneurysms in siblings.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2001
Connolly E S, Choudhri T F, Mack W J, Mocco J, Spinks T J, Slosberg J, Lin T, Huang J, Solomon R A
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of smoking, hypertension, and sex on the phenotypic expression of familial intracranial aneurysms (FIAs). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the case records of 806 consecutive patients undergoing aneurysm surgery at our institution (1986-1995) and discovered 24 families with at least two affected siblings. Prevalence rates for the smoking, hypertension, and sex risk...
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