Procalcitonin and the Calcitonin Gene Family of Peptides in Inflammation, Infection, and Sepsis: A Journey from Calcitonin Back to Its Precursors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Tập 89 Số 4 - Trang 1512-1525 - 2004
Kenneth L. Becker1, Eric Nylen1, Jon White1, Beat P. Müller‐Stich2, Richard H. Snider1
1Veterans Affairs Medical Center and George Washington University (K.L.B., E.S.N., J.C.W., R.H.S.), Washington, D.C. 20422
2and University Hospitals (B.M.), CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland

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