Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine balance in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and the impact of aneurysm size

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-261

  Wallinder, Jonas ^a   Bergqvist, David ^b   Henriksson, Anders E ^a,b  

^a Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Cytokines; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 67650690586     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408324617     Document Type: Article

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