The role of aquaporin-4 polymorphisms in the development of brain edema after middle cerebral artery occlusion

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1333-1335

  Kleffner, Ilka ^a   Bungeroth, May ^a   Schiffbauer, Hagen ^a   Schäbitz, Wolf Ruediger ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Cerebral infarct; Edema; Genetics; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUAPORIN 4; BRAIN EDEMA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41149130326     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.500785     Document Type: Article

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