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Associations of collagen type I α2 polymorphisms with the presence of intracranial aneurysms in patients from Germany.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Feb 2014
Gläsker Sven, Schatlo Bawarjan, Klingler Jan-Helge, Braun Veit, Spangenberg Peter, Kim In-Se, van Velthoven Vera, Zentner Josef, Neumann Hartmut P H
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OBJECTIVE: Subarachnoid hemorrhage from ruptured intracranial aneurysms is associated with a severe prognosis. Preventive treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms is possible and recommended. However, the identification of risk patients by genetic analyses is not possible because of lack of candidate genes. Collagen type I α2 (COL1A2) has been associated with the presence of aneurysms in patients from...
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