Abstract
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<jats:p>Cytokines are polypeptides produced mainly by activated leucocytes in response to infection and injury, including surgical trauma. Several reports have described the systemic cytokine response to a surgical operation, some of them in a sequential way1,2. This study was designed to determine the peritoneal and systemic cytokine response to elective abdominal surgery during the first 72 h after operation.</jats:p>
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 347-348 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Journal | British Journal of Surgery |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2005 |