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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 influences cerebrovascular complications and death in pneumococcal meningitis.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Apr 2014
Brouwer Matthijs C, Meijers Joost C M, Baas Frank, van der Ende Arie, Pfister Hans-Walter, Giese Armin, van de Beek Diederik, Koedel Uwe
Abstract excerpt
Cerebrovascular complications are common in pneumococcal meningitis and are a main determinant of unfavourable outcome and death. We hypothesized that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a major contributor to cerebrovascular complications and death in pneumococcal meningitis. In a nationwide prospective cohort study we evaluated the effect of the 4G/5G polymorphism (rs1799889) in SERPINE1 (coding for...
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