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Diagnostic accuracy of three biomarkers in identifying serious bacterial infections in children younger than 36 months with fever without source / Acurateţea diagnostică a trei biomarkeri în identificarea infecţiilor bacteriene severe la copiii cu vârsta sub 36 luni cu febră fără focar Cover

Diagnostic accuracy of three biomarkers in identifying serious bacterial infections in children younger than 36 months with fever without source / Acurateţea diagnostică a trei biomarkeri în identificarea infecţiilor bacteriene severe la copiii cu vârsta sub 36 luni cu febră fără focar

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator
Volume 23 (2015): Issue 3 (August 2015)
By: Diana Aniela Moldovan,  Maria Despina Baghiu,  Alina Balas,  Emese Rozalia Fabian-Frast and  Cristian Boeriu  
Open Access
|Sep 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2015-0032 | Journal eISSN: 2284-5623 | Journal ISSN: 1841-6624
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Language: English
Page range: 313 - 322
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 9, 2015
Published on: Sep 30, 2015
Published by: Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
fever,
children,
C-reactive protein,
Procalcitonin,
Interleukin-6
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Biochemistry,
Human biology,
Microbiology and virology

© 2015 Diana Aniela Moldovan, Maria Despina Baghiu, Alina Balas, Emese Rozalia Fabian-Frast, Cristian Boeriu, published by Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
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