Association between interleukin-6 and carotid atherosclerosis in hemodialysis patients

Kidney International

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1143-1152

  Kato, Akihiko ^a   Odamaki, Mari ^a   Takita, Takako ^a   Maruyama, Yukitaka ^a   Kumagai, Hiromichi ^a   Hishida, Akira ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid artery; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Hemodialysis; IL 6; Soluble TNF receptor; Uremia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036189385     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00215.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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