The interleukin-6 gene -174G>C and -572G>C promoter polymorphisms are related to cerebral aneurysms.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on April 28, 2006

Authors

L Morgan1, J Cooper, H Montgomery, N Kitchen, S E Humphries

Author Affiliations

1: The Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. l.morgan@ion.ucl.ac.uk

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