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Specific APO E genotypes in combination with the ACE D/D or MTHFR 677TT mutation yield an independent genetic risk of leukoaraiosis.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2004
Szolnoki Z, Somogyvári F, Kondacs A, Szabó M, Fodor L, Bene J, Melegh B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Ischaemic demyelination of the white matter of the brain is a frequent clinical entity. In the neuroimaging terms, it is referred to as leukoaraiosis. We earlier found that the co-occurrence of the homozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677TT and angiotensin-converting enzyme D/D (ACE D/D) genotypes yielded a highly significant moderate risk of leukoaraiosis. On the assumption of...
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