A case of POEMS syndrome with high concentrations of interleukin-6 in pericardial fluid

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-173

  Shikama, N ^a,c   Isono, A ^a   Otsuka, Y ^b   Terano, T ^a   Hirai, A ^a  

^a Chiba Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chiba City Hosp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Pericardial fluid; Pericarditis; POEMS syndrome; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LYMPHOKINES; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POEMS SYNDROME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0034825018     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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