Spouses and unrelated friends of probands as controls for stroke genetics studies

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-244

  Worrall, Bradford Burke ^a,b   Brown, Devin L ^a   Brott, Thomas G ^c   Brown, Robert D ^d   Silliman, Scott L ^e   Meschia, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Design methodology; Genetics; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROL GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0037942537     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070565     Document Type: Article

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