Procalcitonin: Between evidence and criticality;Procalcitonina: tra evidenze e criticità

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-14

  Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

EDITORIAL;

EID: 84875205688     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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