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Chromosomal mapping of quantitative trait loci contributing to stroke in a rat model of complex human disease.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 1996
Rubattu S, Volpe M, Kreutz R, Ganten U, Ganten D, Lindpaintner K
Abstract excerpt
Stroke is a complex disorder with a poorly understood multifactorial and polygenic aetiology. We used the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP) as a model organism, mated it with the stroke-resistant spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and performed a genome-wide screen in the resultant F2 cohort where latency until stroke, but not hypertension (a major confounder) segregated. We identified three...
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