Semi-quantitative Procalcitonin Assay in Critically ill Patients with Respiratory infections
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Kim, Ji-Youn
(Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Kim, Cheol-Hong (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Park, Sunghoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Chang-Youl (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Hwang, Yong Il (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Choi, Jeong-Hee (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Shin, Taerim (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Park, Yong-Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Jang, Seung-Hun (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Jae Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Park, Sang Myeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Kim, Dong-Gyu (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Myung-Goo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Hyun, In-Gyu (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) Jung, Ki-Suck (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine) |
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