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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene polymorphism in Iranian patients with multiple sclerosis.
European journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2007
Mousavi S A R, Nikseresht A R, Arandi N, Borhani Haghighi A, Ghaderi A
Abstract excerpt
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), an important molecule in leucocyte activation and migration, is expressed on the CNS endothelial cells of patients with multiple sclerosis. This study was conducted to determine whether ICAM-1 gene polymorphism influences the risk of developing multiple sclerosis in an Iranian population. We studied 157 patients with definite multiple sclerosis and 156 ethnically...
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