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

• Main Authors: Levent Kart (Author), Hakan Buyukoglan (Author), Ishak O. Tekin (Author), Remzi Altin (Author), Zuhal Senturk (Author), Inci Gulmez (Author), Ramazan Demir (Author), Mustafa Ozesmi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...