Procalcitonin concentrations in the diagnosis of acute inflammatory reactions;Procalcitonineconcentraties als diagnosticum bij acute ontstekingsreacties

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Van Leeuwen, H J ^a   Voorbij, H A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; GRAFT REJECTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037065455     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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