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Procalcitonin and mortality in status epilepticus: an observational cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Acute-phase proteins, such as procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and albumin, may relate with course and outcome in status epilepticus (SE), as seizures bring about inflammation, changes of cytokine levels and blood–brain barrier breakdown. We aimed to determine the predicti...

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Autores principales: Sutter, Raoul, Valença, Martina, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Rüegg, Stephan, Marsch, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4598971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26450065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-015-1072-9