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Tumor necrosis factor alpha -- 308 polymorphism associated with increased sepsis mortality in ventilated very low birth weight infants.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 May 2004
Hedberg Curtis L, Adcock Kim, Martin Jeremy, Loggins John, Kruger Thomas E, Baier R John
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sepsis commonly complicates the clinical course of critically ill very low birth weight infants, with as many as 30% developing hospital-acquired bacteremia. The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) -- 308 G/A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is associated with adverse outcome in septic adult patients. METHODS: One hundred seventy-three mechanically ventilated very low birth weight infants were...
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