The alanine/threonine polymorphism of the alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (SERPINA3) gene and ruptured intracranial aneurysms in the Japanese population

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-49

  Krischek, Boris ^a,b,c   Akagawa, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Tajima, Atsushi ^a   Narita, Akira ^a   Kasuya, Hidetoshi ^b   Hori, Tomokatsu ^b   Inoue, Ituro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha 1 antichymotrypsin; Aneurysm, intracranial; Polymorphism; SERPINA3; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; THREONINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR MEMBER 3 OF CLADE A GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ALANINE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SERPINS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THREONINE;

EID: 33846326249     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095758     Document Type: Article

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