Procalcitonin: How a hormone became a marker and mediator of sepsis

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 41-42, 2001, Pages 595-602

  Muller B ^a   Becker, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Hormokines; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; PROCALCITONIN;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035923176     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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