Genetics of intracranial aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-225

  Nahed, Brian V ^a,b,c   Bydon, Mohamad ^a,b   Ozturk, Ali K ^a,b   Bilguvar, Kaya ^a,b   Bayrakli, Fatih ^a,b   Gunel, Murat ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anylan Center for Human Genetics and Genomics   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Genetics; Intracranial aneurysms; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; ENDOGLIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBRILLIN; POLYCYSTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMORBIDITY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRON; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LINKAGE (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846978714     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249270.18698.BB     Document Type: Review

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