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A Genetic Study of Cerebral Atherosclerosis Reveals Novel Associations with NTNG1 and CNOT3.
Genes - 26 May 2021
Vattathil Selina M, Liu Yue, Harerimana Nadia V, Lori Adriana, Gerasimov Ekaterina S, Beach Thomas G, Reiman Eric M, De Jager Philip L, Schneider Julie A, Bennett David A, Seyfried Nicholas T, Levey Allan I, Wingo Aliza P, Wingo Thomas S
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral atherosclerosis is a leading cause of stroke and an important contributor to dementia. Yet little is known about its genetic basis. To examine the association of common single nucleotide polymorphisms with cerebral atherosclerosis severity, we conducted a genomewide association study (GWAS) using data collected as part of two community-based cohort studies in the United States, the Religious Orders Study...
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