MBL serum levels in patients with sepsis correlate with thyroid function but not with outcome

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-82

  Koenig, Katrin Franziska ^a   Potlukova, Eliska ^b   Mueller, Beat ^c   Christ Crain, Mirjam ^a   Trendelenburg, Marten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mannan binding lectin; Sepsis; Triodothyronine

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THYROID FUNCTION;

HUMANS; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; SEPSIS; THYROID GLAND; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84861761528     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2012.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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