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The homocysteine associated variant rs548987 of SLC17A3 confers susceptibility to ischemic stroke in Chinese population.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Nov 2016
Huang Shouqing, Yin Lianhua, Xu Yihui, Zou Chunyan, Chen Lidian
Abstract excerpt
Ischemic stroke is a common cause of death due to obstructed blood supply of the brain. Despite growing numbers of research, etiology underlying ischemic stroke remains complex and elusive. Elevated plasma homocysteine has been known as a risk factor for ischemic stroke. Recently, a genome-wide association study reported association between rs548987 of SLC17A3 and homocysteine. Given existing relation between...
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