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No association of IL-10 promoter SNP -592 and -1082 and SIDS.
Forensic science international - 30 Jan 2011
Courts Cornelius, Madea Burkhard
Abstract excerpt
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) constitutes a considerable percentage of infant death of unknown etiology. The genetically controlled pathway of cytokine mediated response to inflammation is presumed to play a role in SIDS. The A allele of SNP -592 of the promoter region of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 has been suggested to be associated with SIDS. Herein we investigated whether we could confirm this...
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