Can procalcitonin measurement help in differentiating between bacterial infection and other kinds of inflammatory processes?

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

• Publication date

  2003-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/ard.62.4.337PMID 12634233PMCID PMC1754509
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