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The association between proinflammatory cytokine polymorphisms and cerebral palsy in very preterm infants.
Cytokine - 1 Apr 2012
Kapitanović Vidak Helena, Catela Ivković Tina, Jokić Mladen, Spaventi Radan, Kapitanović Sanja
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a nonprogressive motor disorder caused by white matter damage in the developing brain and is often accompanied with cognitive and sensory disabilities. The risk of CP is higher among infants born preterm than in more mature infants. Intrauterine infection/inflammation, activation of the cytokine network and elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines in neonatal blood or in amniotic fluid...
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