Association between Apolipoprotein ε4 Gene Polymorphism and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Amit Kumar,
Pradeep Kumar,
Manya Prasad,
Shubham Misra,
Awadh Kishor Pandit,
Kamalesh Chakravarty
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0976-3260
pISSN - 0972-7531
DOI - 10.1159/000443568
Subject(s) - meta analysis , ischemic stroke , apolipoprotein b , medicine , bioinformatics , polymorphism (computer science) , gene , stroke (engine) , genetics , allele , biology , cholesterol , ischemia , engineering , mechanical engineering
Previous studies examining the association of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphism with the risk of ischemic stroke (IS) have yielded conflicting results. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the association between APOE ε4 gene polymorphism and risk of IS.
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