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Comment
. 2021 Jan 1;203(1):140-141.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202007-3001LE.

Role of IL-6 in Severe Inflammation

Ken-Ichiro Inoue  1 , Tomoya Sagawa  2 , Hirohisa Takano  2
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Comment

Role of IL-6 in Severe Inflammation

Ken-Ichiro Inoue et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
No abstract available

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  • Reply to Blot et al. and to Inoue et al.
    McElvaney OJ, McEvoy NL, McElvaney NG, Curley GF. McElvaney OJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan 1;203(1):141-142. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3169LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 32955924 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Characterization of the Inflammatory Response to Severe COVID-19 Illness.
    McElvaney OJ, McEvoy NL, McElvaney OF, Carroll TP, Murphy MP, Dunlea DM, Ní Choileáin O, Clarke J, O'Connor E, Hogan G, Ryan D, Sulaiman I, Gunaratnam C, Branagan P, O'Brien ME, Morgan RK, Costello RW, Hurley K, Walsh S, de Barra E, McNally C, McConkey S, Boland F, Galvin S, Kiernan F, O'Rourke J, Dwyer R, Power M, Geoghegan P, Larkin C, O'Leary RA, Freeman J, Gaffney A, Marsh B, Curley GF, McElvaney NG. McElvaney OJ, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep 15;202(6):812-821. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1583OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32584597 Free PMC article.

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