Association of Functional VKORC1 Promoter Polymorphism with Occurrence and Clinical Aspects of Ischemic Stroke in a Greek Population

Genetic factors are considered to play an important role in determining the susceptibility to the occurrence, clinical course, and functional outcome of an acute ischemic stroke (IS). Undercarboxylation of specific vitamin K-dependent proteins, due to genetic polymorphisms of VKORC1, can affect both...

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Main Authors: Georgia Ragia, Stella Marousi, John Ellul, Vangelis G. Manolopoulos, Anna Tavridou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/769574