Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease

Background. The role of inflammatory and angiogenic cytokines in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion still remains uncertain. Methods. We assessed pericardial and serum levels of VEGF, bFGF, IL-1β and TNF-α by ELISA in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion (PE) of autoreactive...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Karatolios, Rainer Moosdorf, Bernhard Maisch, Sabine Pankuweit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/382082
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