Procalcitonin in Patients Undergoing Chronic Hemodialysis
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Procalcitonin in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis.
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/journals/nef Dear Sir, Procalcitonin (PCT), the precursor of calcitonin, is a new diagnostic parameter for infections. There is evidence for PCT being a more specific parameter indicating systemic bacterial and fungal infections than the nonspecific acute-phase markers C-reactive protein (CRP) or apoferritin. Experimental data and clinical observations have ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephron
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1660-8151,2235-3186
DOI: 10.1159/000045570