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The Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS): a progress report.
Clinical medicine & research - 1 Mar 2006
Meschia James F, Kissela Brett M, Brott Thomas G, Brown Robert D, Worrall Bradford B, Beck Jeanne, Skarp Alexa N
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing evidence that genetic factors are associated with ischemic stroke, including multiple recent reports of association with the gene PDE4D, encoding phosphodiesterase 4D, on chromosome 5q12. Genetic studies of stroke are important but can be logistically difficult to perform. This article reviews the design of the Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS) and discusses problems in performing a...
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