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Longitudinal increases in mitochondrial DNA levels in blood cells are associated with survival in critically ill patients

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial dysfunction may be causally related to the pathogenesis of organ failure in critically ill patients. Decreased mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels have been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and were investigated here in relation to short-term (31-day) survival. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Côté, Hélène CF, Day, Andrew G, Heyland, Daren K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17697385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc6096