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Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely premature neonates is associated with genetic variations in an intergenic region of chromosome 8.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2018
Jilling Tamas, Ambalavanan Namasivayam, Cotten C Michael, Martin Colin A, Maheshwari Akhil, Schibler Kurt, Levy Joshua, Page Grier P
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BackgroundTwin studies suggest that genetic factors may account for up to 50% increased risk for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), but genome-wide association studies for NEC are lacking.MethodsGenotyping was done on Illumina BeadChip, followed by analysis using PLINK with logistic regression under an additive model.ResultsAmong 751 extremely-low-birth-weight (<1,000 g, >401 g) neonates, 30 had surgical NEC. Two...
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