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Polymorphisms of genes encoding coagulation factors II, V, VII, and XIII in relation to pediatric ischemic stroke: family-based and case-control study.
The neurologist - 1 Sept 2012
Kopyta Ilona A, Emich-Widera Ewa, Balcerzyk Anna, Niemiec Pawel, Zak Iwona, Pilarska Ewa, Kaciński Marek, Wendorff Janusz, Nowak Tomasz, Iwanicki Tomasz, Pienczk-Ręcławowicz Karolina, Pałatyńska Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The investigation of a possible association between the FII, FV, FVII, and FXIII genes polymorphisms and pediatric ischemic stroke (IS). METHODS: The study group consisted of 392 individuals, including 81 children with IS, their biological parents (n=162), and 149 control children. The polymorphisms were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragments length polymorphism method. The...
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