The evaluation of patients with recurrent chest pain accounts for a significant proportion of the $274 billion annual cost of cardiovascular services in the United States. Our investigation examines the impact of coronary angiography on subsequent use of medical resources for evaluation of chest pai
Reduced levels of antiinflammatory cytokines in patients with chronic widespread pain
✍ Scribed by Nurcan Üçeyler; Regine Valenza; Michael Stock; Robert Schedel; Günter Sprotte; Claudia Sommer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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