Usefulness of procalcitonin for differentiation between activity of systemic autoimmune disease (Systemic lupus erythematosus/systemic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis) and invasive bacterial infection

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1250-1256

  Eberhard, O K ^a   Haubitz, M ^a   Brunkhorst, F M ^b   Kliem, V ^a   Koch, K M ^a   Brunkhorst, R ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CREATININE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0030982476     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199707)40:7<1250::AID-ART9>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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