Brain-derived neurotrophic factor VAL66met polymorphism predicts worse functional outcome after surgery in patients with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformation

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2255-2257

  Westbroek, Erick M ^a   Pawlikowska, Ludmila ^a,b   Lawton, Michael T ^c   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Young, William L ^c,d   Kim, Helen ^a,b  

^a Center for Cerebrovascular Research   (United States)

^b Institute for Human Genetics   (United States)

^c Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriovenous malformations; brain derived neurotrophic factor; genetics; outcomes; surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 84864278210     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.663096     Document Type: Article

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