Induction of procalcitonin in liver transplant patients treated with anti-thymocyte globulin

Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zazula, Roman ^a   Prucha, Miroslav ^b   Tyll, Tomas ^a   Kieslichova, Eva ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute for Clinical and Xperimental Medicine   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCALCITONIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; CALCITONIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 38049125684     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6202     Document Type: Article

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