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Assessment of IL-18 Serum Level and Its Promoter Polymorphisms in the Saudi Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Patients.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Jul 2017
Jabir Nasimudeen R, Firoz Chelapram K, Kamal Mohammad A, Damanhouri Ghazi A, Alama Mohammed Nabil, Alam Qamre, Haque Absarul, Almehdar Hussein A, Tabrez Shams
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of the current study was to find out the possible changes polymorphic site at the promoter region of IL-18 gene in Saudi CAD patients. We have also measured serum IL-18 level to find out, the likely association between its level and polymorphic site. The present study included total 197 subjects (98 confirmed CAD patients both men and women and 99 healthy control individuals). Serum concentration of...
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