Admission neopterin and interleukin 12 concentrations in identifying infections in adult cancer patients

Cytokine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 371-374

  Kallio, Raija ^a   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^b   Bloigu, Aini ^b   Syrjälä, Hannu ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Infection; Interleukin 12; Neopterin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SERUM; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 0035925402     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2000.0840     Document Type: Article

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