Effects of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6 in elderly populations

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-391

  Bruunsgaard, Helle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; IL 6; Inflammation; Mortality; TNF

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCOAGULANT; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; AGING; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036824292     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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