Relation of the -174 G/C polymorphism of interleukin-6 to interleukin-6 plasma levels and to length of hospitalization after surgical coronary revascularization

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1125-1128

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a,c   Iacoviello, Licia ^b   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Glieca, Franco ^a   Luciani, Nicola ^a   Zamparelli, Roberto ^a   Schiavello, Rocco ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^b   Maseri, Attilio ^a   Possati, GianFederico ^a   Andreotti, Felicita ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STROKE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035889519     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)02046-X     Document Type: Article

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