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Absence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency alleles (S and Z) in Japanese and Korean patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Stroke - 1 Dec 2004
Yoneyama Taku, Kasuya Hidetoshi, Akagawa Hiroyuki, Onda Hideaki, Nakajima Toshiaki, Hori Tomokatsu, Inoue Ituro, Lee Jung-Chung, Yang Tae-Ki, Kim Chul-Jin
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A possible association has been proposed for the formation of intracranial aneurysm (IA) and deficiency alleles (S and Z) of the alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) gene. We extensively screened this gene in Japanese and Korean patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS: Seven allelic variants, including S and Z alleles, were genotyped by direct sequencing of genomic DNA obtained from...
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