Total cytokine immunoassay: A more accurate method of cytokine measurement?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 821-825

  Malone, Debra ^a   Napolitano, Lena M ^a,b   Genuit, Thomas ^a   Bochicchio, Grant V ^a   Kole, Kerry ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunoassay; Inflammation; Injury; Multiple organ failure; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034990039     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200105000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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