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      AQP4 tag SNPs in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage in Greek and Polish population 

      Dardiotis, Efthimios; Siokas, Vasileios; Marogianni, Chrysa; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Sokratous, Maria; Paterakis, Konstantinos; Dardioti, Maria; Grigoriadis, Savas; Brotis, Alexandros; Kapsalaki, Eftychia; Fountas, Kostas; Jagiella, Jeremiasz; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M. (2019)
      BACKROUND: A relatively small number of genetic variants are implicated to pathophysiology of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) has been reported to be implicated in the pathophysiological processes of ICH ...
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      BDNF rs6265 (Val66Met) Polymorphism as a Risk Factor for Blepharospasm 

      Siokas, Vasileios; Kardaras, Dimitrios; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Asproudis, Ioannis; Boboridis, Konstadinos G.; Papageorgiou, Eleni; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Tsironi, Evangelia E.; Dardiotis, Efthimios (2019)
      A few genetic variants are implicated in the development of blepharospasm (BSP). The precise role of the rs6265 on the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene on BSP remains controversial. The effect of rs6265 on BSP ...
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      Replication study of GWAS risk loci in Greek multiple sclerosis patients 

      Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Kountra, Persia-Maria; Koutsis, Georgios; Tsimourtou, Vana; Siokas, Vasileios; Dardioti, Maria; Rikos, Dimitrios; Marogianni, Chrysoula; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Karadima, Georgia; Ralli, Styliani; Grigoriadis, Nikolaos; Bogdanos, Dimitrios; Panas, Marios; Dardiotis, Efthimios (2019)
      To validate in an ethnically homogeneous Greek multiple sclerosis (MS) cohort, genetic risk factors for the disease, identified through a number of previous multi-ethnic genome-wide association studies (GWAS).
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      TNFRSF13C/BAFFR P21R and H159Y polymorphisms in multiple sclerosis 

      Ntellas, Panagiotis; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Sevdali, Eirini; Siokas, Vasileios; Aloizou, Athina-Maria; Tsinti, Gerasimina; Germenis, Anastasios E.; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios M.; Eibel, Hermann; Speletas, Matthaios (2020)
      Recent studies implicate B cells in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis, and consequently, several molecules participating in B cell survival and proliferation, including B-cell activating factor (BAFF), have recently ...