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Genetic predisposition to neurological symptoms in lacunar infarction.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2004
Zhang Jun-hui, Kohara Katsuhiko, Yamamoto Yasumasa, Nakura Jun, Tabara Yasuharu, Fujisawa Mutsuo, Katagi Ryosuke, Miki Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Lacunar infarction is a unique stroke entity with characteristic symptoms. However, it is often silent clinically. The possible genetic predisposition to symptoms of lacunar infarction was investigated. METHODS: One-hundred and fifty-one patients with lacunar stroke were consecutively recruited. Lacunar stroke was diagnosed based on both neurological symptoms and lacunar lesion(s), demonstrated by MRI,...
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