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The intracranial aneurysm susceptibility genes HSPG2 and CSPG2 are not associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Angiology - 1 Apr 2010
Baas Annette F, Medic Jelena, van't Slot Ruben, de Vries Jean-Paul P M, van Sambeek Marc R H M, Verhoeven Eric L G, Boll Bart P, Grobbee Diederick E, Wijmenga Cisca, Blankensteijn Jan D, Ruigrok Ynte M
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BACKGROUND: A genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 associates with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurysm (IA), indicating that despite the differences in pathology there are shared genetic risk factors. We investigated whether the IA susceptibility genes heparan sulfate proteogl...
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