Effect of intravenous administration of high doses of immunoglobulins on systemic endotoxemia of patients with multiple injuries

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 247-249

  Douzinas, Emmanuel ^a   Giamarellos Bourboulis, Evangelos J ^a,b   Andrianakis, Ilias ^a   Xiarchos, Anastasis ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SANDOZGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 25644439320     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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