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Familial aggregation of intracranial aneurysms in an Inuit patient population in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2003
Lindgaard Lars, Eskesen Vagn, Gjerris Flemming, Olsen Niels Vidiendal
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intracranial aneurysm (IA) has been reported to be higher in Greenlandic Inuits than in Caucasian Danes, but the rate of familial aggregation in Inuits is unknown. METHODS: This study retrospectively compared the rate of familial aggregation of SAH and IA (at least one first- or second-degree relative with presumed SAH and/or IA) in 120 Inuit patients...
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