ASSOCIATION OF THE MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-3 POLYMORPHISMS RS679620 AND RS3025058 WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE RISK: A META-ANALYSIS

Association of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 polymorphisms rs679620 and rs3025058 with ischemic stroke risk: a meta-analysis

Qi-Wei Zhang Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical University, Jilin, People’s Republic of China Purpose: The relationship of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) polymorphisms rs679620 and rs3025058 with ischemic stroke has received much attention.The aim of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis of

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Hemolivia mauritanica (Haemogregarinidae: Apicomplexa) infection in the tortoise Testudo graeca in the Near East with data on sporogonous development in the tick vector Hyalomna aegyptium

Testudo graeca tortoises were collected in the northern and southern Golan Heights (Israeli occupied territory of south Syria), and various locations in Israel and Palestine.Hyalomma aegyptium ticks were found only on Golan Height tortoises, and only the tortoises k4 basic wheelchair and ticks from the northern Golan Heights were infected with Hemo

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