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Variant Rs556621 on Chromosome 6p21.1 and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Chinese Populations: A Meta-Analysis.
Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - 1 Jan 2000
Chen Langxin, Zhang Guiying, Li Qifu, Lin Rong
Abstract excerpt
There are inconsistencies in the published findings on the association of variant rs556621 in an intergenic region on Chromosome 6p21.1 with the risk of developing ischemic stroke (IS) and a major IS subtype (large artery atherosclerosis, LAA) in Chinese populations. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the association of variant rs556621 with IS/LAA risk using ten studies involving 3644 IS cases and 3692...
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