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The Association of the RNF213 p.R4810K Polymorphism with Quasi-Moyamoya Disease and a Review of the Pertinent Literature.
World neurosurgery - 1 Mar 2017
Zhang Qian, Liu Yaping, Yu Lebao, Duan Ran, Ma Yonggang, Ge Peicong, Zhang Dong, Zhang Yan, Wang Rong, Wang Shuo, Zhao Yuanli, Cao Yong, Liu Xingju, Deng Xiaofeng, Zhao Jizong, Zhang Xue
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Quasi-moyamoya disease (MMD) is characterized by moyamoya vasculopathy and well-recognized comorbidity. Whether the recently identified MMD susceptibility gene variant, p.R4810K (rs112735431), is associated with quasi-MMD remains unclear. METHODS: This study was a 2-hospital-based case-control study that was conducted in the neurosurgical departments of Beijing Tiantan Hospital and Peking University...
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