Serum cytokines, proteins, and receptors in acute pancreatitis: Mediators, markers, or more of the same?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1642-1644

  Lipsett, P A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Cytokine; Interleukin 18; Pancreatitis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 18; PROTEIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034883589     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200108000-00029     Document Type: Editorial

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