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Apolipoprotein E genotype and traumatic brain injury in children--association with neurological outcome.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Mar 2008
Brichtová Eva, Kozák Libor
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 genotype (ApoE epsilon4) is associated with outcomes of traumatic brain injury in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ApoE genotype was examined in the group of 70 pediatric patients who suffered from traumatic brain injury. The group consists of 48 boys and 22 girls, and the most frequent was the E3 isoform of ApoE. Polymerase chain...
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