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SUBMITTER: Brouwers HB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3361564 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brouwers H Bart HB Biffi Alessandro A Ayres Alison M AM Schwab Kristin K Cortellini Lynelle L Romero Javier M JM Rost Natalia S NS Viswanathan Anand A Greenberg Steven M SM Rosand Jonathan J Goldstein Joshua N JN
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<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Hematoma volume is the most potent predictor of outcome in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and hematoma expansion after hospital presentation occurs in up to 40% of individuals. Among patients with lobar ICH, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε2 allele predicts larger hematoma volumes at presentation. We investigated whether the ε2 allele also identifies individuals at increased risk of hematoma expansion.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed 510 patients with primary ...[more]