Investigation of the role of procalcitonin in early diagnosisof infective endocarditis
Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition with incidence of 30-100 per million individuals. It is introduced as the 4th disease among life-threatening diseases. The present study was carried out with the aim to compare serum level of procalcitonin (PCT) at the time of...
Main Authors: | Zhinous Bayat –Makoo, Rezvaniye Salehi, Alireza Motallemi, Mohammad Naghavi – Behzad, Hadiseh Kavandi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
2018-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JARCM/Manuscript/JARCM-6-28.pdf |
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