The paradigm of IL-6: from basic science to medicine.

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Published in Arthritis Res on May 09, 2002

Authors

Tetsuji Naka1, Norihiro Nishimoto, Tadamitsu Kishimoto

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. naka@imed3.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

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