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Association of sudden infant death syndrome with VEGF and IL-6 gene polymorphisms.
Human immunology - 1 Aug 2006
Dashash Mayssoon, Pravica Vera, Hutchinson Ian V, Barson Anthony J, Drucker David B
Abstract excerpt
In the UK, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a major cause of postperinatal mortality up to the end of the first year of life. Several studies have found an association between cytokine IL-10 genotypes and SIDS. The aim of the present work was to test the hypothesis that SIDS is associated with high producer gene polymorphisms for certain proinflammatory cytokines and with low producer gene polymorphisms of...
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