Role of interleukin-18 and T-helper type 1 cytokines in the development of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in adults

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Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1493-1497

  Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Narita, Mitsuo ^b   Teramoto, Shin ^a   Saikai, Toyohiro ^a   Oashi, Kensuke ^a   Igarashi, Tomofumi ^c   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Tetsudo (JR) Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kushiro City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 18; Interleulin 2; Mycoplasma pneumonia; Pleuritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P40;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG LOBE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TH1 CELL;

EID: 0036252460     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1493     Document Type: Article

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