Procalcitonin as a prognostic marker in children with meningococcal septic shock [4]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 450-

  Leclerc, F ^a   Leteurtre, S ^a   Noizet, O ^a   Dorkenoo, A ^a   Sadik, A ^a   Cremer, R ^a   Fourier, C ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

CALCULATION; CHILD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; NEPHELOMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036830377     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.5.450     Document Type: Letter

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