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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...
Autores principales: | Choi, Sang Tae, Song, Jung-Soo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Yonsei University College of Medicine
2016
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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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