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Genetic basis of stroke: an overview.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Munshi Anjana, Kaul Subhash
Abstract excerpt
Stroke or "brain attack" is a complex disease caused by a combination of multiple risk factors. It has major social and economic consequences. Various epidemiological studies in families and twins have revealed that there is a genetic component to stroke risk. Stroke may be the outcome of single gene disorders or more commonly, a polygenic multifactorial disease. Mutations in several candidate genes have been...
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