Variation in the interleukin-6 gene is associated with impaired cognitive development in children born prematurely: A preliminary study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-120

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

^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABC MOVEMENT SCORE; ARTICLE; BRITISH ABILITY SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIFFITHS DEVELOPMENT SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALLELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PILOT PROJECTS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 22044443974     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000163523.49021.53     Document Type: Article

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