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Sequencing of the IL6 gene in a case-control study of cerebral palsy in children.
BMC medical genetics - 7 Dec 2013
Khankhanian Pouya, Baranzini Sergio E, Johnson Britt A, Madireddy Lohith, Nickles Dorothee, Croen Lisa A, Wu Yvonne W
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BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of nonprogressive disorders of movement and posture caused by abnormal development of, or damage to, motor control centers of the brain. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs1800795, in the promoter region of the interleukin-6 (IL6) gene has been im...
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