Clinical implications of elevated serum interleukin-6 in IgG4-related disease.
INTRODUCTION:Some patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) exhibit elevated serum interleukin (IL)-6 with excessive inflammatory reactions or with repeating relapse. To date few reports pertaining to clinical implications of elevated serum IL-6 in IgG4-RD patients have been published. The aims o...
Main Authors: | Satoshi Tsukuda, Tsukasa Ikeura, Takashi Ito, Koh Nakamaru, Masataka Masuda, Yuichi Hori, Manami Ikemune, Masato Yanagawa, Toshihiro Tanaka, Takashi Tomiyama, Takashi Yamaguchi, Yugo Ando, Kazushige Uchida, Toshiro Fukui, Akiyoshi Nishio, Rika Terasawa, Noboru Tanigawa, Kazuichi Okazaki |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227479 |
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