Procalcitonin - A new marker for the acute-phase reaction in acute pancreatitis;PROKALZITONIN. EIN NEUER MARKER FUR DIE AKUTE-PHASE-REAKTION BEI AKUTER PANKREATITIS

Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie

Volumn 382, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Bertsch, T ^a   Richter, A ^b   Hofheinz, H ^b   Bohm C ^a   Hartel, M ^b   Aufenanger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Clinical application; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; MARKER; PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031283209     PISSN: 00238236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050081     Document Type: Article

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