Correlation of serum tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-4 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels with radiologic and clinical manifestations in active pulmonary tuberculosis

• Glavni autori: Levent Kart (Autor), Hakan Buyukoglan (Autor), Ishak O. Tekin (Autor), Remzi Altin (Autor), Zuhal Senturk (Autor), Inci Gulmez (Autor), Ramazan Demir (Autor), Mustafa Ozesmi (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Hindawi Limited, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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The precise clinical manifestations of tuberculosis are likely to result from a complex interaction between the host and the pathogen. We took serum samples from a group of patients with a variety of clinical and radiological stages of pulmonary tuberculosis in order to characterize tumor necrosis f...