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Plasma homocysteine concentration, C677T MTHFR genotype, and 844ins68bp CBS genotype in young adults with spontaneous cervical artery dissection and atherothrombotic stroke.
Stroke - 1 Mar 2002
Pezzini Alessandro, Del Zotto Elisabetta, Archetti Silvana, Negrini Riccardo, Bani Paolo, Albertini Alberto, Grassi Mario, Assanelli Deodato, Gasparotti Roberto, Vignolo Luigi Amedeo, Magoni Mauro, Padovani Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The role of mild hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for cerebral ischemia may depend on stroke subtype. To test this hypothesis, we undertook a prospective case-control study of a group of patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD), a group of patients with atherothrombotic stroke (non-CAD), and a group of control subjects. METHODS: Fasting total plasma homocysteine...
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