Procalcitonin as a specific indication of septic shock?;La procalcitonine (PCT) est-elle le marqueur spécifique du choc septique?

Immuno-Analyse et Biologie Specialisee

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-122

  De Talance N ^a   Claudel, C ^a   Burlet, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1042299055     PISSN: 09232532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2532(03)00014-0     Document Type: Letter

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