Interleukin-6-174 CC polymorphism is associated with clinical chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-769

  Resch, Bernhard ^a   Müller, Wilhelm D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6 174; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 78249264112     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22227     Document Type: Letter

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