Serum Inflammatory Cytokine Levels Correlate with Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Severity: A Nested Serial Case-Control Study

Guangcai Duan; Haiyan Yang; Lubin Shi; Wumei Sun; Meili Sui; Rongguang Zhang; Xinhong Wang; Fang Wang; Weidong Zhang; Yuanlin Xi; Qingtang Fan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112676

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Serum Inflammatory Cytokine Levels Correlate with Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Severity: A Nested Serial Case-Control Study

Guangcai Duan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guangcai Duan, Haiyan Yang, Lubin Shi

* E-mail: gcduan@zzu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, Henan Innovation Center of Molecular Diagnosis and Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Haiyan Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guangcai Duan, Haiyan Yang, Lubin Shi

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Lubin Shi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Guangcai Duan, Haiyan Yang, Lubin Shi

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, Henan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Wumei Sun,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Meili Sui,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Rongguang Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Xinhong Wang,

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Fang Wang,

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Weidong Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Yuanlin Xi,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Qingtang Fan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Serum Inflammatory Cytokine Levels Correlate with Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Severity: A Nested Serial Case-Control Study

Guangcai Duan,
Haiyan Yang,
Lubin Shi,
Wumei Sun,
Meili Sui,
Rongguang Zhang,
Xinhong Wang,
Fang Wang,
Weidong Zhang,
Yuanlin Xi

Published: November 12, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112676

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