Elevated serum interleukin 6 levels in patients with acute intestinal ischemia

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 419-421

  Sutherland, Francis ^a,c   Cunningham, Hans ^a   Pontikes, Leon ^a   Parsons, Louise ^a   Klassen, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Peter Lougheed Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute intestinal ischemia; Cytokines; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037352869     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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