Procalcitonin: A new marker of bacterial infection. Usefulness and future prospects;La procalcitonine: Nouvel indicateur d'infection bacterienne. Interet et perspectives

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Bohuon, C ^a   Gendrel, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Biological markers; Child; Infant, newborn; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032724290     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(99)80200-0     Document Type: Editorial

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