Pneumonitis-associated hyperprocalcitoninemia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Nylén, Eric S ^a,b   Snider Jr , Richard H ^a   Thompson, Keith A ^a   Rohatgi, Prashant ^b   Becker, Kenneth L ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Calcitonin; Hypocalcemia; Hypophosphatemia; Pneumonia; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029952056     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199607000-00003     Document Type: Article

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