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Extremely high interleukin-6 blood levels and outcome in the critically ill are associated with tumor necrosis factor- and interleukin-1-related gene polymorphisms.
Critical care medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Watanabe Eizo, Hirasawa Hiroyuki, Oda Shigeto, Matsuda Kenichi, Hatano Masahiko, Tokuhisa Takeshi
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the allelic frequencies of interleukin (IL)-6-, IL-1-, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF)-related gene polymorphisms in critically ill patients with extremely high IL-6 blood level and to examine the genetic effects on their clinical courses. DESIGN: Population-based association study. SETTING: A general intensive care unit in a university teaching hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 150...
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