Age-specific analysis of normal cytokine levels in healthy infants

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1335-1339

  Berdat, Pascal A ^a   Wehrle, Thomas J ^a   Küng, Angelika ^b   Achermann, François ^a   Sutter, Martin ^c   Carrel, Thierry P ^a   Nydegger, Urs E ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Paediatric Practice   (Switzerland)

^c Clinic Siloah   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytokine; ELISA; Infants; Reference levels

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0142123445     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.204     Document Type: Article

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