High serum procalcitonin concentrations in patients with sepsis and infection

The Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8844, 1993, Pages 515-518

  Assicot, M ^a   Bohuon, C ^a   Gendrel, D ^b   Raymond, J ^b   Carsin, H ^c   Guilbaud, J ^c  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCITONIN DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEPSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BURNS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0027466275     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90277-N     Document Type: Article

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