Procalcitonin as a parameter of disease severity and risk of mortality in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1161-1164

  Chiwakata, C B ^a   Manegold, C ^a   Bonicke L ^a   Waase, I ^a   Julch C ^a   Dietrich, M ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035313187     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319283     Document Type: Article

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