The role of the procalcitonin in diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and correlation between procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in these patients

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1785-1790

  Sakha, K ^a   Husseini, M B ^b   Seyyedsadri, N ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Neonate; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 54049116360     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1785.1790     Document Type: Article

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