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The clinical usefulness of serum procalcitonin level in patients with scrub typhus

  • Lee, Chang-Seop (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Hwang, Jeong-Hwan (Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Jeong-Mi (Department of Public Health, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jae Hoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2015.05.19
  • Accepted : 2015.09.14
  • Published : 2017.07.01

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Supported by : Chonbuk National University Hospital

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