Serum levels of interleukin-18 in patients with stable and unstable angina pectoris

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Rosso, Rafael ^b   Roth, Arie ^b   Herz, Itzhak ^b   Miller, Hylton ^b   Keren, Gad ^b   George, Jacob ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; IL 8; Inflammation; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-18; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 12844277600     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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