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Cerebrovascular Aneurysms May Be Associated with Thrombophilia-predisposing Mutations in Patients with Familial Risk.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Andreou Alexandros, Papapetrou Constantinos, Papadimitriou Katerina, Avgoustidis Dimitris, Yapijakis Christos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pathogenesis of cerebral aneurysms implicates several risk factors. Three common thrombophilia-predisposing mutations were studied in patients with cerebrovascular aneurysms. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 186 Greeks (66 patients with intracranial aneurysm and 120 healthy controls) were studied. Fifteen patients had a family history of thrombophilia, while two of them had a first-degree relative...
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