Serum inflammatory cytokine levels correlate with hand-foot-mouth disease severity: a nested serial case-control study.

Hand-food-mouth disease (HFMD) cases can be fatal. These cases develop rapidly, and it is important to predict the severity of HFMD from mild to fatal and to identify risk factors for mild HFMD. The objective of this study was to correlate the levels of serum inflammatory cytokines with HFMD severit...

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Main Authors: Guangcai Duan, Haiyan Yang, Lubin Shi, Wumei Sun, Meili Sui, Rongguang Zhang, Xinhong Wang, Fang Wang, Weidong Zhang, Yuanlin Xi, Qingtang Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229228?pdf=render