Saturday, April 14, 2018

The serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke

Do you really think your doctor will ever test you for this and have protocols to alleviate this risk?
https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/medical-news-article/2018/04/06/serotonin-ischemic-stroke-thrombosis-solute-carrier/7509470/?The serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke
Cerebrovascular Diseases | April 06, 2018
Mortensen JK, et al. - Researchers examined the link between polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter (SERT) gene and the risk of ischemic stroke/transitory ischemic attack (TIA) among Caucasian ischemic stroke patients/TIA from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark and healthy controls. A possible relation was brought to light between the presence of the high expression SERT genotype (LALA) with a lower risk of ischemic stroke/TIA. Yielded data raised interesting considerations for future personalized medicine potential. It was noted that the lower OR estimates correlated with the high-expression genotype were consistent across all stroke subtypes.
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