Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the prognosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2260-2265

  Jones, K G ^a   Brull, D J ^b   Brown, L C ^a   Sian, M ^a   Greenhalgh, R M ^a   Humphries, S E ^b   Powell, J T ^a,c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Rayne Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Genetics; Interleukins; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035826716     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.18.2260     Document Type: Article

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