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Interleukin-10 is associated with resistance to febrile seizures: genetic association and experimental animal studies.
Epilepsia - 1 Apr 2009
Ishizaki Yoshito, Kira Ryutaro, Fukuda Mitsumasa, Torisu Hiroyuki, Sakai Yasunari, Sanefuji Masafumi, Yukaya Naoko, Hara Toshiro
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PURPOSE: Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common form of childhood convulsions. Many reports have shown that a proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1 (IL-1) beta, may have a facilitatory effect on the development of FS. We have previously shown that the IL1B -511C/T single nucleotide polymorph...
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