Elevated circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2843-2847

  Juvonen, Jukka ^a,e,f   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^a   Satta, Jari ^b   Teppo, Anna Maija ^c   Bloigu, Aini ^a   Syrjälä, Hannu ^b   Airaksinen, Juhani ^d   Leinonen, Maija ^a   Saikku, Pekka ^a   Juvonen, Tatu ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cytokines; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOLLOW UP; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344366565     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.11.2843     Document Type: Article

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