A DNA sequence polymorphism in the endoglin gene is not associated with intracranial aneurysm or aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-100

  Peters, David G ^a,b   Kassam, Amin B ^c   Chang, Yue Fang ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoglin; Intracranial aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANEURYSM; ANTIGENS, CD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 23844528961     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086513     Document Type: Article

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