Genetic stroke risk factors.

doi:10.1097/00019052-199702000-00012

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Genetic stroke risk factors.

Current opinion in neurology - 1 Feb 1997

Pullicino P, Greenberg S, Trevisan M

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The development of modern molecular genetic techniques has opened up the study of how individual genes affect the risk of stroke. As the multiple genetic influences on stroke are slowly unravelled, the epidemiological basis of our understanding of the hereditary aspects of stroke will be compleme...

Topics

Cerebrovascular Disorders
Genotype
Humans
Molecular Biology
Risk Factors

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