Increased interleukin-6 is associated with long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Jing-Xian Yin (Author), Yannick Luther Agbana (Author), Zhi-Shan Sun (Author), Si-Wei Fei (Author), Han-Qing Zhao (Author), Xiao-Nong Zhou (Author), Jun-Hu Chen (Author), Kokouvi Kassegne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can involve persistence, sequelae, and other clinical complications that last weeks to months to evolve into long COVID-19. Exploratory studies have suggested that interleukin-6 (IL-6) is related to COVID-19; however, the correlation between IL...