Is interleukin-18 a strong predictor of hospitalization in haemodialysis patients?
The present study demonstrated a strong predictive value of elevated IL-18 levels for poor outcome in HD patients.
The authors believe that the distinction of B-LBL from its histologic mimics, T-LBL and BVMCL, has important clinical implications. Patients with B-LBL present differently from those with the other very aggressive lymphomas studied, and they achieve complete remissions more often than T-LBL patients.