Mean platelet volume in patients with increased procalcitonin level

Platelets

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-247

  Cho, Sun Young ^a   Yang, John Jeongseok ^a   Nam, You Sun ^b   Suh, Jin Tae ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLATELET REACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875712745     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2012.685119     Document Type: Letter

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