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Copy number variations and stroke.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Dec 2016
Colaianni Valeria, Mazzei Rosalucia, Cavallaro Sebastiano
Abstract excerpt
Stroke is the third leading cause of death worldwide after heart disease and all forms of cancers. Monogenic disorders, genetic, and environmental risk factors contribute to damaging cerebral blood vessels and, consequently, cause stroke. Developments in genomic research led to the discovery of numerous copy number variants (CNVs) that have been recently identified as a new tool for understanding the genetic...
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