Circadian elevation of IL-6 levels in Muckle-Wells syndrome: A disorder of the neuro-immune axis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 489-492

  Gerbig, A W ^a   Dahinden, C A ^b   Mullis, P ^c   Hunziker, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MUCKLE WELLS SYNDROME; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031841599     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.7.489     Document Type: Article

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