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Apolipoprotein E genetic polymorphism and stroke subtypes in a Bangladeshi hospital-based study.
Journal of epidemiology - 1 May 2001
Chowdhury A H, Yokoyama T, Kokubo Y, Zaman M M, Haque A, Tanaka H
Abstract excerpt
The association between apolipoprotein E (apoE) genetic polymorphism and stroke has not been concordant in different racial populations. We investigated the association between apoE genotypes and stroke subtypes by a case-control study in Bangladesh for the first time among south Asian countries. First-ever-stroke patients (n=227; cerebral infarction, n=147, cerebral hemorrhage, n=80) and 190 controls were...
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