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High Cytokine Levels Predict Lymphoma Risk in HIV-infected Patients
High Cytokine Levels Predict Lymphoma Risk in HIV-infected Patients
K Wachter
20100321
2010 Apr 21
Elsevier Global Medical News
High Cytokine Levels Predict Lymphoma Risk in HIV-infected Patients
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Apr 21, K Wachter
WASHINGTON (EGMN) - Researchers have identified a panel of nine cytokines that appear to be markers for increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in patients with HIV infection.Newly improved techniques detected a global increase in all 30 cytokines that were measured in a case-control study of 252 HIV-infected patients, but investigators reported that 9 cytokines were significantly elevated in 66 patients who developed lymphoma up to 2 years after blood samples were taken."The implications are that...