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Cytokine gene polymorphisms and sudden infant death syndrome.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Mar 2010
Ferrante L, Opdal S H, Vege A, Rognum To
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Several studies indicate that the mucosal immune system is stimulated in cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and our hypothesis is that this immune reaction is because of an unfavourable combination of functional polymorphisms in the cytokine genes. METHODS: Thus, in this study, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes encoding IL-6, IL-8, IL-12, IL-13, IL-16, IL-18 and IFNgamma were...
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