Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphism and Stroke / 国际脑血管病杂志

The incidence of stroke increases year by year.It seriously affects the quality of life in patients.The pathogenesis of stroke is related to a variety of factors,involving genetic polymorphisms,biochemical mechanisms,and inflammatory effect.Among them,vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has become one of the hotspots of research on the pathogenesis of stroke in recent years.This article reviews the correlation between VEGF gene polymorphism and stroke.