Genetic profile of ischemic cerebrovascular disease and carotid stenosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Kostulas, K ^a   Brophy, V H ^b   Moraitis, K ^a   Manolescu, A ^c   Kostulas, V ^a   Gretarsdottir, S ^c   Cheng, S ^b   Hillert, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Genetics; Ischemic stroke; Polymorphism; TOAST

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHENOTYPE;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 49649110154     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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