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The influence of apolipoprotein E genotype on outcome after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: a preliminary study.
Neurosurgery - 1 May 2001
Dunn L T, Stewart E, Murray G D, Nicoll J A, Teasdale G M
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OBJECTIVE: Possession of an apolipoprotein E (APOE)epsilon4 allele has been shown to be associated with a poor outcome after closed head injury and spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage but not after ischemic stroke. This study assessed the influence of the APOE genotype on outcome in patients admitted to a neurosurgical unit with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS: A total of 100 patients with...
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