Fever of unknown origin from a left atrial myxoma: An immunologic basis and cytokine association

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-362

  Lin, Jiun Nong ^a,b   Lai, Chung Hsu ^a,b   Lu, Li Fen ^a,b   Lin, Hsi Hsun ^a,b,c  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; cytokines; fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN P70; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CYTOKINES; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79955633428     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182142bbd     Document Type: Article

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