B-type brain natriuretic peptide as a measure of the severity of hand-foot-mouth disease: a case-control study

Abstract Background Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is an acute infectious disease caused by enteroviruses, and HFMD complicated by cardiopulmonary failure has a high mortality. B type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is widely applied in monitoring cardiovascular disorders, and thus, we investigated whethe...

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Main Authors: AYuan Zhang, Lin Yang, Pengfei Guo, Shaojun Li, Xiaoxiao Ao, Feng Xu, Liping Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2734-9