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The Familial Intracranial Aneurysm (FIA) study protocol.
BMC medical genetics - 26 Apr 2005
Broderick Joseph P, Sauerbeck Laura R, Foroud Tatiana, Huston John, Pankratz Nathan, Meissner Irene, Brown Robert D
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BACKGROUND: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to ruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) occurs in about 20,000 people per year in the U.S. annually and nearly half of the affected persons are dead within the first 30 days. Survivors of ruptured IAs are often left with substantial disability. Thus, primary prevention of aneurysm formation and rupture is of paramount importance. Prior studies indicate that genetic...
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