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Association of IL-10 genotype with sudden infant death syndrome.
Human immunology - 1 Dec 2000
Summers A M, Summers C W, Drucker D B, Hajeer A H, Barson A, Hutchinson I V
Abstract excerpt
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a major cause of infant death of unknown etiology. We propose that SIDS results from a genetically determined imbalance in the production of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in response to the infant's microbial flora. We were especially interested to know the relationship between SIDS and genetically determined higher or lower production of IL-10, an...
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