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Uses of Procalcitonin as a Biomarker in Critical Care Medicine

  • Ryan C. Maves
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Section on Infectious Diseases, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.
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    Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Department of Anesthesiology, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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  • Chukwunyelu H. Enwezor
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    Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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