Mitochondrial haplogroup H1 is protective for ischemic stroke in Portuguese patients

The genetic contribution to stroke is well established but it has proven difficult to identify the genes and the disease-associated alleles mediating this effect, possibly because only nuclear genes have been intensely investigated so far. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been implicated in several dis...

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Main Author: Rosa, A. (author)
Other Authors: Fonseca, B.V. (author), Krug, T. (author), Manso, H. (author), Gouveia, L. (author), Albergaria, I. (author), Gaspar, G. (author), Correia, M. (author), Viana-Baptista, M. (author), Simões, R.M. (author), Pinto, A.N. (author), Taipa, R. (author), Ferreira, C. (author), Fontes, J.R. (author), Silva, M.R. (author), Gabriel, J.P. (author), Matos, I. (author), Lopes, G. (author), Ferro, J.M. (author), Vicente, A.M. (author), Oliveira, S.A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/330
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/330