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Triggered C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations and the CRP gene -717A>G polymorphism in acute stroke or transient ischemic attack.
European journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2007
Ben-Assayag E, Shenhar-Tsarfaty S, Bova I, Berliner S, Shopin L, Peretz H, Usher S, Shapira I, Bornstein N M
Abstract excerpt
C-reactive protein (CRP) increases following an acute stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), but the increment level varies among patients. We analyzed CRP concentrations during an acute stroke/TIA in relation to the CRP gene -717A>G polymorphism. Six months following an acute ischemic stroke/TIA, basal concentrations of CRP were measured in 507 controls and 219 patients and were found to be unassociated with...
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