DISTINCT RESPONSES OF INTERLEUKIN-6 AND OTHER LABORATORY PARAMETERS TO TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS

Authors
NAKAHAMA H YOKOKAWA T OKADA M MIYAZAKI M IMAI N KUBORI S NAKANISHI T UYAMA O SUGITA M
Citation
H. Nakahama et al., DISTINCT RESPONSES OF INTERLEUKIN-6 AND OTHER LABORATORY PARAMETERS TO TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH WEGENERS GRANULOMATOSIS, Internal medicine, 32(2), 1993, pp. 189-192
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1993)32:2<189:DROIAO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We describe a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis in whom the serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and other laboratory parameters were mo nitored. The IL-6 and CRP levels, which were extremely high before tre atment, declined rapidly with corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide. IgG , leukocyte count and platelet count declined more gradually. Thus, de termination of the serum IL-6 level might be useful in diagnosing and monitoring Wegener's granulomatosis.