Genetic variation in members of the leukotriene biosynthesis pathway confer an increased risk of ischemic stroke: A replication study in two independent populations

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1109-1114

  Bevan, Steve ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^b   Wiechmann, H Erich ^c   Gschwendtner, Andreas ^b   Meitinger, Thomas ^c   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetics; Inflammation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; LEUKOTRIENE A4 HYDROLASE; LEUKOTRIENE B4 RECEPTOR; LEUKOTRIENE C4 SYNTHASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARRIER PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, LEUKOTRIENE B4; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 41149089320     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.491969     Document Type: Article

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