Clinical significance of serum procalcitonin in patients with community-acquired lobar pneumonia

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Lee, Jin Yong ^a   Hwang, Su Jin ^a   Shim, Jae Won ^a   Jung, Hye Lim ^a   Park, Moon Soo ^a   Woo, Hee Yeon ^a   Shim, Jung Yeon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Pneumonia; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79952047960     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.4.406     Document Type: Article

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