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[Prevalence of ischemic stroke in young adults and Fabry disease].
Zhonghua yi xue za zhi - 23 Dec 2014
Song Xiaowei, Xue Sufang, Fan Chunqiu, Li Xiaoying, Wu Jian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of Fabry disease and GLA gene mutations in young patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS: A total of 269 consecutive hospitalized patients of ischemic stroke, aged between 18-55 years, were recruited. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood. And 7 exons and flanking introns of α-galactosidase gene (GLA) were sequenced. RESULTS: The cases were cerebral infarction (n = 239,...
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