Heritability of ischaemic stroke in women compared with men: a genetic epidemiological study.

BACKGROUND: Ischaemic stroke is partly heritable. However, although the genetic and non-genetic factors responsible could be sex-specific, interactions between the sex of the parent affected and the sex of the proband or affected siblings are unknown. We sought to assess the relation between the sex...

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Main Authors: Touzé, E, Rothwell, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007