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Ischaemic stroke in hypertensive patients is associated with variations in the PDE4D genome region.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2008
Lövkvist Håkan, Smith Jan Gustav, Luthman Holger, Höglund Peter, Norrving Bo, Kristoffersson Ulf, Jönsson Ann-Cathrin, Lindgren Arne G
Abstract excerpt
Previous Icelandic studies reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) region and the 5-lipoxygenase activating protein ALOX5AP were associated with ischaemic stroke, whereas other studies reported ambiguous findings. We examined 932 ischaemic stroke patients from a Swedish population-based stroke register, and 396 control subjects. We assessed possible associations...
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