Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2703389 | Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We studied the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS or NOS-3) gene as a potential modifier of the cerebral response to ischemia by investigating the association of two common polymorphisms with ischemic stroke volume. We genotyped an intronic variable number tandem repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism, G894T, in 132 patients with nonlacunar ischemic strokes in whom clinical data and stroke lesion volume were recorded. Our results show that all genotypes are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. After adjustment of covariates, neither of the NOS-3 polymorphisms showed significant differences comparing the genotypes and mean stroke volume (analysis of variance). Our results do not suggest a major gene effect of the NOS-3 gene as a modifier of the cerebral response to ischemia.
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Authors
Ana Virginia PhD, Hsiu-Fen MD, Suh-Hang Hank MD, PhD, Melanie BS, Michael MD, P. Leema MBBS, MD, Raji Paul MD,