Endothelin-1 levels in severe burn injuries

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1418-1421

  Onuoha, Gracey N ^a,b   Alpar, E Kaya ^a   Gowar, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033638007     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.12.1418     Document Type: Article

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