Outcome predictors in SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19): The prominent role of IL-6 levels and an IL-6 gene polymorphism in a western Sicilian population

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¹ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy.
² Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy.
³ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Molecular Medicine and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁵ Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy. Electronic address: melchiorre.cervello@irib.cnr.it.
⁶ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: maurizio.soresi@unipa.it.

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Lydia Giannitrapani et al. J Infect. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;85(2):174-211.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.04.043. Epub 2022 Apr 29.

¹ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy.
² Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy.
³ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Molecular Medicine and Clinical Laboratory Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁵ Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, National Research Council, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy. Electronic address: melchiorre.cervello@irib.cnr.it.
⁶ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: maurizio.soresi@unipa.it.

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Interleukin-6 as prognosticator in patients with COVID-19.
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