Gender differences in human sepsis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1200-1205

  Schröder, Jörg ^a   Kahlke, Volker ^a   Staubach, Karl Hermann ^b   Zabel, Peter ^c   Stüber, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTRADIOL; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOFILTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031768438     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.11.1200     Document Type: Article

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