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Prothrombotic polymorphisms, mutations, and their association with pediatric non-cardioembolic stroke in Asian-Indian patients.
Annals of hematology - 1 May 2009
Biswas Arijit, Tiwari Arun Kumar, Ranjan Ravi, Meena Arvind, Akhter Mohammad Suhail, Yadav Birendra Kumar, Behari Madhuri, Saxena Renu
Abstract excerpt
Genes involved in the hemostatic mechanism are logical candidate genes for association studies in prothrombotic conditions such as stroke. Since the underlying etiology in pediatric strokes is different than adults, looking for genetic causes would be the logical thing to do in the pediatric stroke population. Fifty-eight Asian-Indian stroke patients below 15 years of age and equal number of age- and sex-matched...
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