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Paraoxonase 1 polymorphisms and ischemic stroke risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Oct 2010
Dahabreh Issa J, Kitsios Georgios D, Kent David M, Trikalinos Thomas A
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PURPOSE: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) polymorphisms have been implicated as risk factors for coronary artery disease, but the results of genetic association studies on the related phenotype of ischemic stroke are inconclusive. We performed a meta-analysis of published studies investigating the association between ischemic stroke and two nonsynonymous PON1 polymorphisms, rs662 (p.Q192R) and rs854560 (p.L55M) in humans....
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