Psychosomatic syndromes are associated with IL-6 pro-inflammatory cytokine in heart failure patients

• Mario Altamura ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mario.altamura@unifg.it

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-5403

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• Giovanna D’Andrea,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Eleonora Angelini,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Fabio M. P. Tortorelli,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Angela Balzotti,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Piero Porcelli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Chieti, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-8051

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• Maurizio Margaglione,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Natale D. Brunetti,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Tommaso Cassano,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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• Antonello Bellomo

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

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