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Cryptogenic stroke in relation to genetic variation in clotting factors and other genetic polymorphisms among young men and women.
Stroke - 1 Dec 2002
Austin Harland, Chimowitz Marc I, Hill Holly A, Chaturvedi Seemant, Wechsler Lawrence R, Wityk Robert J, Walz Elizabeth, Wilterdink Janet L, Coull Bruce, Sila Cathy A, Mitsias Panos, Evatt Bruce, Hooper W Craig
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study was to compare the prevalences of genetic polymorphisms in persons with cryptogenic stroke with those among stroke patients with evidence of large-artery occlusive disease or an unequivocal cardioembolic source (noncryptogenic stroke). METHODS: We compared the prevalences of genetic polymorphisms thought to be related to thrombi formation in young stroke...
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