Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene polymorphisms in carotid atherosclerosis

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 790-793

  Worrall, Bradford B ^a,b   Azhar, Salman ^b   Nyquist, Paul A ^b   Ackerman, Robert H ^c   Hamm, Theresa L ^b,d   DeGraba, Thomas J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery diseases; Cytokines; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

AGED; ALLELES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 0037335985     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000057815.79289.EC     Document Type: Article

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