Association between Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke: A case-control study

Background: Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the main causes of death worldwide. It is worthy to attempt to identify genes that acts as risk factors for IS for early prediction and primary prevention that may reduce its incidence. Aim of the study was to determine the relation between interleukin-18 (...

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Main Authors: Noha M. Bakr, Noha A. Hashim, Ashraf Awad, Abdallah-Almamun Sarhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863017300861