Serum Procalcitonin as a Useful Serologic Marker for Differential Diagnosis between Acute Gouty Attack and Bacterial Infection

PURPOSE: Patients with gout are similar to those with bacterial infection in terms of the nature of inflammation. Herein we compared the differences in procalcitonin (PCT) levels between these two inflammatory conditions and evaluated the ability of serum PCT to function as a clinical marker for dif...

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Autores principales: Choi, Sang Tae, Song, Jung-Soo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27401644
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2016.57.5.1139

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27401644
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2016.57.5.1139

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