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VEGF receptor-2 variants are associated with susceptibility to stroke and recurrence.
Stroke - 1 Aug 2009
Zhang Weili, Sun Kai, Zhen Yisong, Wang Daowen, Wang Yibo, Chen Jinxing, Xu Jianfeng, Hu Frank B, Hui Rutai
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Dysregulation of vessel wall formation, growth, and maintenance may confer susceptibility of stroke. METHODS: We tested the hypothesis that variants in 2 genes encoding vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 are associated with susceptibility to stroke and its recurrence in a Chinese case-control study comprising 1849 patients with stroke and...
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