Procalcitonin values in preeclamptic women are related to severity of disease

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1050-1051

  Montagnana, Martina ^a,b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Albiero, Alessandro ^b   Scevarolli, Silvia ^b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Franchi, Massimo ^b   Cesare Guidi, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C reactive protein (CRP); Hypertension; Inflammation; Preeclampsia; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CYTOKINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROCALCITONIN;

CALC 1 GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 11; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINURIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 47349083867     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.199     Document Type: Letter

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