Nocturnal melatonin concentration is correlated with illness severity in patients with septic disease [13]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 624-625

  Perras, Boris ^a   Kurowski, Volkhard ^a   Dodt, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION SCORING SYSTEM;

APACHE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645103717     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0069-x     Document Type: Letter

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