TY - BOOK AU - Rania Essam Ali Gamal Eldin AU - Abeer Mohamed Mohy , AU - Nahla Ali Fawzy , AU - Nehad Mosaad , TI - Study of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene K469E polymorphism and ischemic stroke / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rania Essam Ali Gamal Eldin , KW - Genetic polymorphism KW - ICAM-1 K469E KW - Ischemic stroke N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - Stroke is currently the third leading cause of death and the biggest single cause of major disability worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene K469E polymorphism and ischemic stroke and to detect whether the ICAM-1 K469E allele is important in the pathogenesis of ischemic stroke ER -