Soluble interleukin-6 receptor levels in pleural effusions

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 329-332

  Yokoyama, A ^a   Kohno, N ^a   Fujino, S ^a   Abe, M ^a   Ishida, O ^b   Hiwada, K ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sumitomo Metal Bioscience   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0030035813     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90127-4     Document Type: Article

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