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Phosphodiesterase 4D gene, ischemic stroke, and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis.
Stroke - 1 May 2005
Bevan S, Porteous L, Sitzer M, Markus H S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) was identified recently as the first novel stroke gene to predispose to ischemic stroke independently of conventional risk factors. An association was only found with large vessel and cardioembolic stroke, suggesting a mechanism of accelerated atherosclerosis. We sought to replicate this association in ischemic stroke as a whole, and individual stroke subtypes,...
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