Procalcitonin - a new indicator of the systemic response to severe infections

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 329-334

  Karzai, W ^a   Oberhoffer, M ^a   Meier Hellmann, A ^a   Reinhart, K ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030660194     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01740811     Document Type: Review

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