Serum procalcitonin (PCT): A valuable biochemical parameter for the post-mortem diagnosis of sepsis

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 237-243

  Tsokos, M ^a   Reichelt, U ^a   Nierhaus, A ^b   Puschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; PCT; Post mortem; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TIME OF DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035061463     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140000177     Document Type: Article

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