Interleukin-6-174-genotype, sepsis and cerebral injury in very low birth weight infants
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes & Immunity
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1466-4879,1476-5470
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364264