Article
APOE influences vasospasm and cognition of noncomatose patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Neurology - 12 Apr 2005
Lanterna L A, Rigoldi M, Tredici G, Biroli F, Cesana C, Gaini S M, Dalprà L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of the APOE genotype on functional and cognitive outcome and on the incidence and prognosis of clinical vasospasm (delayed ischemic neurologic deficit [DIND]) in noncomatose patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). METHODS: The authors reviewed the data of patients admitted for SAH to the Neurosurgical Departments of the San Gerardo Hospital of Monza (January...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain Ischemia
- Cerebral Arteries
- Cognition Disorders
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
