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No evidence for an association between genetic variation at the MMP2 and MMP9 loci and aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Swedish Research Council (K2011-65X-14605-09-6), the Swedish state (ALFGBG-148861), the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation (20100256), as well as the Rune and Ulla Amlöv, Edit Jacobson, John and Brit Wennerström, Lars Hierta O.E. and Edla Johansson, Tore Nilsson, and Emelle Foundations.

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    Sandra Olsson, Ludvig Z. Csajbok, Katarina Jood, Karin Nylén, Bengt Nellgård & Christina Jern

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Olsson, S., Csajbok, L.Z., Jood, K. et al. No evidence for an association between genetic variation at the MMP2 and MMP9 loci and aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. J Neurol 259, 193–195 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6157-z

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