Quantitative analysis of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in patients with IgA nephropathy after tonsillectomy

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Baba, Yuzo ^a   Akagi, Hirofumi ^a   Fukushima, Kunihiro ^a   Kosaka, Michiya ^a   Hattori, Kenshi ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a   Ogawa, Teruhiro ^a   Masuda, Yu ^a   Shikata, Kenichi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Interleukin 6; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TONSILLECTOMY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033118829     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(98)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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