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. 2014 Dec;32(4):218-20.
doi: 10.1002/hon.2121. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

Elevated serum levels of interleukin-6 in endemic Burkitt lymphoma in Ghana

Peter Aka  1 , Benjamin Emmanuel, Maria Candida Vila, Amar Jariwala, Francis Nkrumah, Maria V Periago, Janet Neequaye, Christine Kiruthu, Paul H Levine, Robert J Biggar, Kishor Bhatia, Jeffrey M Bethony, Sam M Mbulaiteye
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Elevated serum levels of interleukin-6 in endemic Burkitt lymphoma in Ghana

Peter Aka et al. Hematol Oncol. 2014 Dec.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Dot plot of mean cytokine levels for Burkitt lymphoma cases and controls for interleukin-6 (panel A), interleukin-10 (Panel B), tumor necrosis factor-α (Panel C), and interferonγ (Panel D). Each dot represents a single subject; the horizontal bar in the middle represents the mean value of the measurements
Figure 2
Figure 2
Forest plot showing adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of association between endemic Burkitt lymphoma and tertile categories of interleukin-6 (first panel) and tumor necrosis factor (second panel). Associations adjusted for age group, sex, enrollment year, and anti-malaria antibodies
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