The role of interleukin-6 in nociception and pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1096-1103

  De Jongh, Raf F ^a   Vissers, Kris C ^a   Meert, Theo F ^b   Booij, Leo H D J ^c   De Deyne, Catharina S ^a   Heylen, René J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

CHRONIC PAIN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037377896     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000055362.56604.78     Document Type: Review

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