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Adult Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients in Bone Pain Crisis have Elevated Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory markers that influence bone pain crisis (BPC) and other complications of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) are numerous and play various roles. This study determined the plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) - α, interleukin - 8 (IL-8), and endothelin - 1 (ET-...

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Autores principales: Alagbe, Adekunle Emmanuel, Olaniyi, John Ayodele, Aworanti, Oladapo Wale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531654
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2018.017