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Potential association between frequent nonsynonymous variant of NPPA and cardioembolic stroke.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Jun 2012
Kim Jeong-Hyun, Jang Bo-Hyung, Go Ho Yeon, Park Sunju, Shin Yong-Cheol, Kim Sung-Hoon, Ko Seong-Gyu
Abstract excerpt
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP, also known as NPPA) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP, also known as NPPB) have been determined as genetic factors for several diseases, including stroke and myocardial infarction, in human and rat models. To investigate the potential association between polymorphisms of the NPPA gene and stroke in a Korean population, nine single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of NPPA and NPPB...
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