Elevated tear interleukin-6 levels in patients with Sjogren syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2327-2329

  Tishler, Moshe ^a   Yaron, Ilana ^a   Geyer, Orna ^a   Shirazi, Idit ^a   Naftaliev, Eva ^a   Yaron, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0032471169     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91236-2     Document Type: Article

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