Does interleukin-6 genotype influence cerebral injury or developmental progress after preterm birth?

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 941-947

  Harding, David R ^a,e   Dhamrait, Sukbhir ^b   Whitelaw, Andrew ^c   Humphries, Steve E ^b   Marlow, Neil ^d   Montgomery, Hugh E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infant premature; Interleukin 6; Neurodevelopment; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VENTRICULOMEGALY; WHITE MATTER; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16644389781     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-0494-F     Document Type: Article

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