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Genetic variants of the interleukin-18 promoter region (-607) influence the course of necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight neonates

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  1. Research Laboratory for Paediatrics and Nephrology, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Semmelweis University, Bókay u. 53, 1083, Budapest, Hungary

    Erika Héninger, András Treszl, Tivadar Tulassay & Barna Vá sá rhelyi

  2. 1st Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Istvá n Kocsis, Beá ta Dérfalvi & Tivadar Tulassay

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Héninger, E., Treszl, A., Kocsis, I. et al. Genetic variants of the interleukin-18 promoter region (-607) influence the course of necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight neonates. Eur J Pediatr 161, 410–411 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-002-0968-y

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