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Relationship between cytokine gene polymorphisms and risk of postoperative pneumonia with esophageal cancer.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract - 1 Jul 2014
Sakamoto Kazuhiko, Oka Masaaki, Yoshino Shigehumi, Hazama Shoichi, Takeda Shigeru, Yoshimura Kiyoshi, Okayama Naoko, Hinoda Yuji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We retrospectively evaluated the relationship between cytokine gene polymorphisms and development of postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy. METHODS: In 120 patients who underwent esophagectomy, serum samples were obtained to measure levels of serum interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-10 at four time points (preoperatively, postoperative day (POD)0, POD1, and POD3). DNA extracted from peripheral blood in...
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