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Genome-wide linkage scan of common stroke in families from northern Sweden.
Stroke - 1 Jan 2007
Nilsson-Ardnor Sofie, Janunger Tomas, Wiklund Per-Gunnar, Lackovic Kurt, Nilsson Anna Karin, Lindgren Petter, Escher Stefan A, Stegmayr Birgitta, Asplund Kjell, Holmberg Dan
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Taking advantage of low genetic variations in northern Sweden, we performed a genome-wide linkage scan to investigate the susceptibility loci for common forms of stroke. METHODS: Fifty-six families, containing multiple cases of stroke and whose data had been previously used to replicate linkage to the phosphodiesterase 4D locus on chromosome 5q, were genotyped in a genome-wide scan. Fine...
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