The severity of Puumala hantavirus induced nephropathia epidemica can be better evaluated using plasma interleukin-6 than C-reactive protein determinations

BACKGROUND: Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a Scandinavian type of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala hantavirus. The clinical course of the disease varies greatly in severity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin (I...

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Autores principales: Outinen, Tuula K, Mäkelä, Satu M, Ala-Houhala, Ilpo O, Huhtala, Heini SA, Hurme, Mikko, Paakkala, Antti S, Pörsti, Ilkka H, Syrjänen, Jaana T, Mustonen, Jukka T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20500875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-132

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