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APOE genotype and functional outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Biological research for nursing - 1 Jan 2009
Gallek Matthew J, Conley Yvette P, Sherwood Paula R, Horowitz Michael B, Kassam Amin, Alexander Sheila A
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE), the major apolipoprotein in the central nervous system, has been shown to influence neurologic disease progression and response to neurologic injury in a gene-specific manner. Presence of the APOE4 allele is associated with poorer response to traumatic brain injury and ischemic stroke, but the association between APOE genotype and outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)...
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