Diagnostic value of C-reactive protein and transhyretin in bone infections of the lower limb

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-38

  Bourguignat, Alain ^a   Férard, Georges ^a   Jenny, Jean Yves ^b   Gaudias, Jeannot ^b   Kempf, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Centre de Traumatologie et d'Orthopedie   (France)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Diagnostic value; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Open fracture; Postoperative infection; Thransthyretin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OROSOMUCOID; PREALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030589014     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06388-7     Document Type: Article

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