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Genetics of ischemic stroke: inheritance of a sporadic disorder.
Current neurology and neuroscience reports - 1 Jan 2009
Ross Owen A, Meschia James F
Abstract excerpt
Stroke is a common neurologic disorder associated with comorbidities such as obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus. Smoking or being the first-degree relative of a stroke patient can independently almost double the risk of ischemic stroke, supporting the hypothesis that stroke results from an intricate interplay between genes and the environment. Several candidate genes have been...
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