Systemic dysregulation of angiopoietin-1/2 in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Page, Andrea V ^a   Kotb, Malak ^d,e,f   McGeer, Allison ^b   Low, Donald E ^b,c   Kain, Kevin C ^a   Liles, W Conrad ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Midwest Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; PLASMA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79953902581     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir125     Document Type: Article

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