Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency alleles are not associated with cervical artery dissections

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1190-1192

  Grond Ginsbach, Casper ^a   Engelter, S ^b   Werner, I ^a   Hausser, I ^a   Muller U S ^c   Brandt, T ^c   Lyrer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; GENOMIC DNA;

AAT GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PIS GENE; PIZ GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 1842475913     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000118304.08215.4C     Document Type: Article

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