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Evidence HDAC9 genetic variant associated with ischemic stroke increases risk via promoting carotid atherosclerosis.
Stroke - 1 May 2013
Markus Hugh S, Mäkelä Kari-Matti, Bevan Steve, Raitoharju Emma, Oksala Niku, Bis Joshua C, O'Donnell Chris, Hainsworth Atticus, Lehtimäki Terho
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A novel association between a single nucleotide polymorphism on chromosome 7p21.1 and large-vessel ischemic stroke was recently identified. The most likely underlying gene is histone deacetylase 9 (HDAC9). The mechanism by which HDAC9 increases stroke risk is not clear; bo...
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