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Interleukin-6 Receptor Polymorphisms Contribute to the Neurological Status of Korean Patients with Ischemic Stroke.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Mar 2016
Kim Dong Hwan, Yoo Seung Don, Chon Jinmann, Yun Dong Hwan, Kim Hee-Sang, Park Hae Jeong, Kim Su Kang, Chung Joo-Ho, Kang Jin Kyu, Lee Seung Ah
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the contribution of the interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to the neurological status of Korean patients with ischemic stroke (IS), two SNPs of the IL-6R gene (rs4845617, 5 UTR; rs2228144, Ala31Ala) were selected. IS patients were classified into clinical phenotypes according to two well-defined scores: the National Institutes of Health Stroke Survey (NIHSS)...
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