Interleukin-6 in clinical medicine
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1Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Universität Freiburg, FRG.
Annals of Hematology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
This article covers the basic biological functions of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in man. Three major topics are addressed more closely: the involvement of IL-6 in various disease states, particularly those of hematopoietic origin; the diagnostic usefulness of IL-6 measurements in biological fluids; the possible use of IL-6, IL-6 antagonists or IL-6 derivatives as therapeutic means.

