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Analysis of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene variable number tandem repeats in ischemic stroke.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Jul 2014
Peddareddygari Leema Reddy, Sen Souvik, Pahwa Ankit, Levenstien Mark A, Grewal Raji P
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BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in the role of inflammatory mechanisms contributing to the development of stroke. Recent studies have reported an association between allele 2 of a variable number tandem repeat of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN) gene in Caucasian patients with ischemic stroke. The purpose of this investigation is to independently confirm these results in our study...
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