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Association of ICAM-1 K469E polymorphism with neurocysticercosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Nov 2014
Singh Amrita, Singh Aloukick K, Singh Satyendra K, Paliwal Vimal K, Gupta Rakesh K, Prasad Kashi N
Abstract excerpt
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a central nervous system (CNS) disease is caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium. The disease is heterogeneous in clinical presentation; some infected individuals develop symptoms and others may remain symptom free. Impaired blood brain barrier allows recruitment of immune cells in the CNS during infection and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) plays an important...
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