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Child apolipoprotein E gene variants and risk of cerebral palsy: estimation from case-parent triads.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society - 1 May 2015
Stoknes Magne, Lien Espen, Andersen Guro L, Bao Yongde, Blackman James A, Lie Rolv Terje, Vik Torstein
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To use case-parent triad data to investigate if cerebral palsy (CP) is associated with variants of the APOE gene, the rs59007384 SNP of the TOMM40 gene or combined haplotypes of the two genes. STUDY DESIGN: DNA was analyzed in buccal swabs from 235 children with CP, their parents and a sibling. The relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) that the children would have a distribution of...
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