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Polymorphisms in prothrombotic genes in young stroke patients in Greece: a case-controlled study.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Jun 2015
Ranellou Kyriaki, Paraskeva Anteia, Kyriazopoulos Panagiotis, Batistatou Anna, Evangelou Aggelos, El-Aly Mahmoud, Zis Panagiotis, Tavernarakis Antonios, Charalabopoulos Konstantinos
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms of ischemic stroke in young adults are poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate and compare the frequency of common variations in prothrombotic genes between young patients with ischemic stroke and controls. Fifty-one cases of first-ever ischemic stroke and 70 community-based controls aged below 50 years were studied. In both groups, the insertion/deletion 4G/5G variation (-675 4G/5G...
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