Procalcitonin: a new marker for diagnosis of acute rejection and nonviral infection of heart and lung transplant patients

Transplant Proc. 2001 May;33(3):2204-6. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)01942-x.

Authors

C Hammer¹, P Fraunberger, B Meiser, S Hammer

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Surgical Research, Klinikum Grosshadern, LM-University, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 11377503
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)01942-x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Biomarkers / blood
Calcitonin / blood*
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Graft Rejection / blood
Graft Rejection / diagnosis*
Graft Rejection / pathology
Heart Transplantation / physiology*
Heart-Lung Transplantation / physiology
Humans
Immunoassay
Infections / blood
Infections / diagnosis*
Infections / pathology
Lung Transplantation / physiology*
Postoperative Complications / blood
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Protein Precursors / blood*
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Statistics, Nonparametric

Substances

Biomarkers
CALCA protein, human
Protein Precursors
Calcitonin
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide