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The association of the carrier state of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) -308A allele with the duration of oxygen supplementation in preterm neonates.
European cytokine network - 1 Jan 2000
Bokodi Géza, Treszl András, Derzbach László, Balogh Adám, Vásárhelyi Barna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: High levels of inflammatory cytokines lead to lung damage in premature newborns. We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of innate immunity cytokine genes influence the length of oxygen supplementation. METHODS: We genotyped 123 very low birth weight (VLBW) infants for the tumour necrosis factor (TNF)- alpha G(-308)A, interleukin (IL)-1beta C(3954)T, IL-6 G(-174)C and IL-10...
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