Procalcitonin levels in peritoneal dialysis patients

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-472

  Opatrná, Sylvie ^a   Klaboch, Jan ^a   Opatrný Jr , Karel ^a   Holubec, Luboš ^a   Tomšů, Martina ^a   Šefrna, František ^a   Topolcan, Ondrej ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Procalcitonin; Renal function

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; PROCALCITONIN; TRANSFERRIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIALYSATE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UREMIA; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 26844538189     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080502500511     Document Type: Article

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