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How do you utilize cytokine panels in your clinical practice?
Is there utility when classic inflammatory markers (ESR,CRP) or disease specific markers (C3, C4, dsDNA) do not correlate with patients disease activity?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
It's become easier to order cytokine panels that get processed locally in my hospital. However, I think we're still far from knowing how to interpret these or make clinical changes as a result. While it's tempting to think, "If TNF is elevated, I will give the patient a TNF inhibitor, which will mak...
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