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Haptoglobin polymorphism and lacunar stroke.
Current neurovascular research - 1 Aug 2008
Staals Julie, Pieters Barbe M A, Knottnerus Iris L H, Rouhl Rob P W, van Oostenbrugge Robert J, Delanghe Joris R, Lodder Jan
Abstract excerpt
Haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 phenotype has been associated with peripheral and coronary artery disease and risk of vascular complications in diabetic patients, but any association of Hp polymorphism with cerebrovascular disease has not been explored so far. We aimed to study Hp polymorphism in a sample of 124 patients with a rather homogeneous type of cerebrovascular disease, namely first symptomatic lacunar stroke due...
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