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Genetic risk factors in young adults with 'cryptogenic' ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Oct 2002
Grossmann R, Geisen U, Merati G, Müllges W, Schambeck C M, Walter U, Schwender S
Abstract excerpt
Mutations such as factor V Leiden G1691A (FVL), prothrombin G20210A (FIIM), methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T, cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) 844ins68 and endothelial cell protein C receptor (EPCR) 4031ins23 are risk factors for thromboembolism. To assess the role of these mutations in young adults with cerebral ischemia of otherwise undetermined etiology, 93 patients younger than 50 years old...
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