Procalcitonin levels in the diagnosis of early neonatal sepsis;Yenidoǧan sepsisin erken tanisinda prokalsitonin

Cocuk Sagligi ve Hastaliklari Dergisi

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-97

  Yildiz, Canan ^a   Yildiz, Hayrettin ^a   Kavuncuoǧlu, Sultan ^a   Şiraneci, Rengin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Newborn; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLUMINOMETRIC ASSAY; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0038269765     PISSN: 00100161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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