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Genetic polymorphisms in sepsis.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies - 1 May 2005
Dahmer Mary K, Randolph Adrienne, Vitali Sally, Quasney Michael W
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CONTEXT: Wide variability exists in the susceptibility to and outcome from sepsis even within similar intensive care unit populations. Some of this variability in the host may be due to genetic variation in genes coding for components of the innate immune response. OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence for a genetic influence on the susceptibility to and outcome from sepsis. DESIGN: Literature review. PATIENTS:...
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