An interleukin-6-producing cardiac myxoma associated with mediastinal lymphadenopathy

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Takizawa, Takako ^a   Sumino, Hiroyuki ^b   Kanda, Tsugiyasu ^b   Kobayashi, Isao ^b   Nagai, Ryozo ^b   Ichikawa, Shuichi ^a  

^a Cardiovasc Hosp of Central Japan   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Lymphadenopathy; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0033506563     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006986     Document Type: Article

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