Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35 , 15 June 2002

Cerebrovascular disorders and genetic polymorphisms: mitochondrial DNA5178C is predominant in cerebrovascular disorders

  • Ryuichi Ohkubo

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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  • Masanori Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-992-75-5332; fax: +81-992-65-7164
    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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  • Ken-ichi Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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  • Tomoko Kodama

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
    • Department of Public Health, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Kimiyoshi Arimura

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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  • Suminori Akiba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Minoru Saito

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Ookatsu Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Yosuke Ookatsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Ookatsu Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Yoshihiko Atsuchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, Tenyokai Chuo Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Yoshihisa Yamano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Internal Medicine, Tenyokai Chuo Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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  • Mitsuhiro Osame

      Affiliations

    • Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan

Received 2 October 2001 ,Revised 27 February 2002 ,Accepted 28 February 2002.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 198, Issue 1 , Pages 31-35 , 15 June 2002

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