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ArticleInternational journal of medical sciences2020

Association of procalcitonin levels with the progression and prognosis of hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Ze-Ming Liu, Jin-Peng Li, Shi-Pei Wang, Dan-Yang Chen, Wen Zeng, Si-Chao Chen, Yi-Hui Huang, Jiang-Long Huang, Wei Long, Man Li and 3 more

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Article in International journal of medical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Ze-Ming LiuDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Jin-Peng LiDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Shi-Pei WangDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Dan-Yang ChenDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Wen ZengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Si-Chao ChenDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Yi-Hui HuangDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Jiang-Long HuangDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Wei LongDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Man LiDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Rong-Fen GaoDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Liang GuoDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
Xiao-Hui WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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BetacoronavirusAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntiviral AgentsChinaComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDisease ProgressionFemaleHospitalizationHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntiviral AgentsProcalcitoninCOVID-19disease progressionprocalcitoninprognosisrisk factor

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PMID33029089
PMCPMC7532477

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