Serum Interleukin-6 and CCL11/Eotaxin May Be Suitable Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

• Main Authors: Sigrun Ruth Hofmann (Author), Fanny Böttger (Author), Ursula Range (Author), Christian Lück (Author), Henner Morbach (Author), Hermann Joseph Girschick (Author), Meinolf Suttorp (Author), Christian Michael Hedrich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectivesChronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO), the most severe form of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO), is an autoinflammatory bone disorder. In the absence of diagnostic criteria or biomarkers, CNO/CRMO remains a diagnosis of exclusion. The aim of this study was to identify b...