Letter Regarding Brouns et al, Baptista et al, and Wozniak et al

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lidove, Olivier ^a   Joly, Dominique ^a   Touzé, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CRYPTOGENIC ISCHEMIC STROKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; FABRY DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FABRY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79451476149     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.591776     Document Type: Letter

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