Interleukin-6 and d-dimer levels are associated with vascular dysfunction in patients with untreated HIV infection

HIV Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 608-609

  Baker, J ^a,b   Quick, H ^c   Hullsiek, K H ^c   Tracy, R ^d   Duprez, D ^a   Henry, K ^a,b   Neaton, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; VIRUS RNA;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77956396949     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00835.x     Document Type: Letter

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