Elevated serum interferon γ and interleukin-6 in patients with necrotizing lymphadenitis (Kikuchi's disease)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-615

  Kubota, Masaru ^a   Tsukamoto, Reiko ^a   Kurokawa, Keiji ^a   Imai, Tsuyoshi ^a   Furusho, Kenshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

interferon ; interleukin 6; necrotizing lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030471421     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1964.x     Document Type: Article

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