In the literature: CRP, ESR, or both?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Deresinski, Stan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953765064     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir096     Document Type: Note

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