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Polymorphisms and noncardioembolic stroke in three case-control studies.
Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2012
Luke May M, Berger Klaus, Rowland Charles M, Catanese Joseph J, Tong Carmen H, Ross David A, Garcia Veronica, Kuhlenbaeumer Gregor, Ringelstein E Bernd, Pullinger Clive R, Malloy Mary J, Deedwania Prakash, Ellis Stephen G, Kane John P, Devlin James J, Lalouschek Wolfgang, Mannhalter Christine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gene variants associated with disease could reveal novel mechanisms. We searched for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with noncardioembolic stroke (nonCES). METHODS: We tested 24,926 SNPs in or near genes for association with nonCES in the Vienna Study (551 cases, 815 controls) and then evaluated the associated SNPs in the UCSF-CC Study (570 cases, 1,604 controls) first in pooled DNA...
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