Interleukin-6 in the fever and multiorgan crisis of pheochromocytoma

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 640-642

  Salahuddin, Abu ^a   Rohr Kirchgraber, Theresa ^a   Shekar, Raja ^a   West, Burton ^a   Loewenstein, Joseph ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COUGHING; FEVER; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEGRO; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 0031447263     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709035914     Document Type: Article

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