To evaluate the association between maternal interleukin (IL)-6 G(-174)C polymorphism and cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) of the preterm newborn.
Research Unit for Neonatal Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. bernhard.resch@medunigraz.at