Serum levels of the pro-inflammatory interleukins 6 (IL-6) and -8 (IL-8) in patients with lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation: A 12-month prospective study

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-136

  Pedersen, Linda Margareth ^a   Schistad, Elina ^a   Jacobsen, Line Melå ^a   Røe, Cecile ^a,b   Gjerstad, Johannes ^a,c,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Disc herniation; ELISA; IL 6; IL 8; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Lumbar radicular pain; Nucleus pulposus; Radiculopathy; Sciatica; Serum

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928829875     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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