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Transcobalamin 2 variant associated with poststroke homocysteine modifies recurrent stroke risk.
Neurology - 18 Oct 2011
Hsu F-C, Sides E G, Mychaleckyj J C, Worrall B B, Elias G A, Liu Y, Chen W-M, Coull B M, Toole J F, Rich S S, Furie K L, Sale M M
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OBJECTIVES: The Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention trial found an association between baseline poststroke homocysteine (Hcy) and recurrent stroke. We investigated genes for enzymes and cofactors in the Hcy metabolic pathway for association with Hcy and determined whether associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) influenced recurrent stroke risk. METHODS: Eighty-six SNPs in 9 candidate genes...
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