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Letter to the Editor: Early serum procalcitonin, but not C reactive protein, might improve the prediction of sepsis in multiple trauma patients. A prospective observational study Cover

Letter to the Editor: Early serum procalcitonin, but not C reactive protein, might improve the prediction of sepsis in multiple trauma patients. A prospective observational study

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator
Volume 23 (2015): Issue 3 (August 2015)
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|Sep 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rrlm-2015-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2284-5623 | Journal ISSN: 1841-6624 (formerly 2284-5623)
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Language: English, Romanian
Page range: 347 - 350
Submitted on: Apr 29, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 30, 2015
Published on: Sep 30, 2015
Published by: Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology

© 2015 Sebastian Trancă, Cristina Laura Petrişor, Adriana Slavcovici, Mihai Mărginean, Natalia Hagãu, published by Romanian Association of Laboratory Medicine
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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