Treatment of septic shock with the tumor necrosis factor receptor:Fc fusion protein

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 1697-1702

  Fisher Jr , Charles J ^a   Agosti, Jan M ^b   Opal, Steven M ^c   Lowry, Stephen F ^d   Balk, Robert A ^e   Sadoff, Jerald C ^f   Abraham, Edward ^g   Schein, Roland M H ^h   Benjamin, Ernest ⁱ  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHO CELL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029900294     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199606273342603     Document Type: Article

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