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Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) gene polymorphisms and risk of brain arteriovenous malformations.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2011
Mikhak Bahar, Weinsheimer Shantel, Pawlikowska Ludmila, Poon Annie, Kwok Pui-Yan, Lawton Michael T, Chen Yongmei, Zaroff Jonathan G, Sidney Stephen, McCulloch Charles E, Young William L, Kim Helen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) are high-flow vascular lesions prone to intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Abnormal angiogenesis is a key characteristic of BAVM tissue. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4), a secreted glycoprotein, is thought to be involved in angiogenesis and required for proper postnatal blood vessel partitioning. We investigated whether common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)...
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