Use of procalcitonin as indicator of nonviral infections in transplantation and related immunologic diseases

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-63

  Hammer, Stefanie ^a   Meisner, Franz ^a   Hammer, Claus ^a   Seidel, Dietrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 33750638095     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-470X(00)80010-5     Document Type: Article

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