Correlation between the severity of infectious diseases in children and the ratio of serum amyloid A protein and C-reactive protein

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 488-490

  Huttunen, Terhi ^a   Teppo, Anna Maija ^b   Lupisan, Socorro ^c   Ruutu, Petri ^a   Nohynek, Hanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0141762561     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310012235     Document Type: Article

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