Multiple myeloma presenting high fever and high serum levels of lactic dehydrogenase, CRP, and interleukin-6

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-77

  Murakami, Hirokazu ^a   Takada, Satoru ^a   Hatsumi, Nahoko ^a   Yokohama, Akihiko ^b   Saitoh, Takayuki ^a   Uchiumi, Hideki ^a   Maehara, Tadashi ^a   Matsushima, Takafumi ^a   Tsukamoto, Norifumi ^a   Morita, Kimio ^a   Tamura, Jun'ichi ^a   Sawamura, Morio ^c   Karasawa, Masamitsu ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRP; Fever; IL 6; LDH; Myeloma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEVER; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA;

EID: 18144450272     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200005)64:1<76::AID-AJH15>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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