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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2006; 12(16): 2563-2568
Published online Apr 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2563
Interleukin-6 and its soluble receptor in patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Fabio D’Antona, Ada Maria Florena, Emanuele La Spada, Angela Terranova, Melchiorre Cervello, Natale D’Alessandro, Giuseppe Montalto
Maurizio Soresi, Lydia Giannitrapani, Fabio D’Antona, Emanuele La Spada, Angela Terranova, Giuseppe Montalto, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e delle Patologie Emergenti, Policlinico Universitario, Palermo, Italy
Ada Maria Florena, Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Policlinico Universitario, Palermo, Italy
Melchiorre Cervello, Istituto di Biomedicina ed Immunologia Molecolare, C.N.R., Palermo, Italy
Natale D’Alessandro, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche, Policlinico Universitario, Palermo, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by: grant from Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca year 2004 (to GM)
Correspondence to: Professor Giuseppe Montalto, Cattedra di Medicina Interna, via del Vespro 127, 90143 Palermo, Italy. gmontal@unipa.it
Telephone: +39-91-6552991 Fax: +39-91-6552936
Received: August 10, 2005
Revised: September 5, 2005
Accepted: September 15, 2005
Published online: April 28, 2006
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