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Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on in-hospital mortality following intracerebral haemorrhage.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2003
McCarron M O, Weir C J, Muir K W, Hoffmann K L, Graffagnino C, Nicoll J A R, Lees K R, Alberts M J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between the apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 allele and in-hospital mortality from intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients admitted to two acute stroke units with ICH were prospectively evaluated and APOE genotyped. In-hospital survival was recorded in 176 patients. RESULTS: There were 85 men and 91 women, mean age 68 years. Fifty-two (30%) of the...
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