Estimating the Magnitude of Genetic Factors by Calculating the Genetic Relative Risk of Stroke in First-Ever Lacunar Stroke Patients

Iris L. H. Knottnerus; Marij Gielen; Jan Lodder; Rob P. W. Rouhl; Julie Staals; Robert Vlietinck; Robert J. van Oostenbrugge

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021439

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Estimating the Magnitude of Genetic Factors by Calculating the Genetic Relative Risk of Stroke in First-Ever Lacunar Stroke Patients

Iris L. H. Knottnerus ,

* E-mail: iris.knottnerus@home.nl

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Marij Gielen,

Affiliations Section of Complex Genetics, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands, Unit of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Jan Lodder,

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Rob P. W. Rouhl,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Julie Staals,

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Robert Vlietinck,

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Robert J. van Oostenbrugge

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Estimating the Magnitude of Genetic Factors by Calculating the Genetic Relative Risk of Stroke in First-Ever Lacunar Stroke Patients

Iris L. H. Knottnerus,
Marij Gielen,
Jan Lodder,
Rob P. W. Rouhl,
Julie Staals,
Robert Vlietinck,
Robert J. van Oostenbrugge

Published: June 29, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021439

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