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We aimed to study the influences of active epilepsy and intellectual disability (ID) on the serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) by determining levels in 74 patients with developmental disorder with epilepsy and 63 healthy controls. The patients showed significantly higher IL-6 levels than the controls (4.1±4.5pg/ml vs. 2.1±1.0pg/ml; p<0.001). High seizure frequency and severe intellectual disability emerged as predictors for elevated serum levels of IL-6.

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Author

Kai A. Lehtimäki; Suvi Liimatainen; Jukka Peltola; Maria Arvio

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0920-1211)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)