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[Molecular epidemiology of cerebrovascular diseases; the Hisayama study and the Fukuoka Stroke Registry (FSR)].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Nov 2008
Kitazono Takanari, Kubo Michiaki, Hata Jun, Ibayashi Setsuro, Kiyohara Yutaka, Iida Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
The underlying pathogenesis of stroke is mediated by a variety of environmental risk factors as well as genetic ones. Thus, we have to evaluate the environmental factors precisely to identify the stroke-related gene polymorphisms. The Hisayama study, an epidemiological study of cardiovascular diseases, was established in 1961 in Hisayama, Japan. In 2002, a screening survey for the genetic study was performed in...
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