The Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in Patients with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease of Different Severities in Shanghai, China, 2010 (original) (raw)

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The effect of methylprednisolone (MP) treatment on serum levels of IL-17A.

(A) IL-17A levels in serum samples obtained from control (Ctrl, n = 20) and HFMD patients (HFMD, n = 40). (B) IL-17A levels in serum samples obtained from untreated (n = 27) or MP-treated HFMD patients (n = 13). (C) IL-17A levels in serum samples obtained from untreated (n = 7) or MP-treated CNS-complicated HFMD patients (n = 13). Numbers above square brackets indicate P values for the corresponding comparisons.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002599.g002