Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Mar 2017)

IL-6 gene polymorphisms and sepsis in icu adult romanian patients: a prospective study

  • Georgescu Anca Meda,
  • Bănescu Claudia,
  • Badea Iudita,
  • Moldovan Valeriu,
  • Huțanu Adina,
  • Voidăzan Septimiu,
  • Dobreanu Minodora,
  • Azamfirei Leonard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2016-0044
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 75 – 89

Abstract

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Objectives: The goal of the study was to investigate the correlations between the interleukin-6 IL-6 -174 G/C and IL-6 -572 G/C gene polymorphisms and sepsis risk and severity in adult ICU patients.

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