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Procalcitonin as a biomarker in equine chronic pneumopathies
BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT), a precursor protein of the hormone calcitonin, is a sensitive inflammatory marker in human medicine, which is primarily used for diagnosis of bacterial sepsis, but is also useful in diagnosis of exacerbation of asthma and COPD. In this study, PCT was evaluated as a p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5148850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27938364 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0912-4 |