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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase exon 7 polymorphism, ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and carotid atheroma.
Stroke - 1 Sept 1998
Markus H S, Ruigrok Y, Ali N, Powell J F
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in normal physiology suggests that it could be a potential candidate gene for stroke. Reduced eNOS activity could mediate an increased stroke risk through hypertension or independent of hypertension through abnormal vasomotor responses, promoting atherogenesis, or increased platelet adhesion and aggregation. Recently, a common...
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