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Association of Rare Nonsynonymous Variants in PKD1 and PKD2 with Familial Intracranial Aneurysms in a Japanese Population.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Dec 2016
Hirota Kengo, Akagawa Hiroyuki, Onda Hideaki, Yoneyama Taku, Kawamata Takakazu, Kasuya Hidetoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) caused by deleterious mutations in PKD1 (16p13.3) and PKD2 (4q21) often coexists with intracranial aneurysms (IAs). In this study, we investigated whether IAs without obvious renal diseases were also associated with these ADPKD genes. METHODS: We performed next-generation sequencing of the ADPKD genes in 150 Japanese familial IA patients and age-...
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