A -174G/C polymorphism of the interleukin-6 gene in patients with lacunar infarction

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-32

  Revilla, M ^a   Obach, V ^a   Cervera, A ^a   Dávalos, Antonio ^b   Castillo, J ^c   Chamorro, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetics; Interleukin 6; Lacunar; Polymorphism; Stroke

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOSINE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037052758     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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