The balance between the serum levels of IL-6 and IL-10 cytokines discriminates mild and severe acute pneumonia

To identify markers for earlier diagnosis of severe pneumonia, we assess the correlation between serum cytokine profile of children with different pneumonia severity. In 25 hospitalized children, 7 with mild pneumonia and 18 with severe pneumonia, the serum concentration of 11 cytokines in three sam...

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