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Detecting genetic predisposition for complicated clinical outcomes after burn injury.
Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - 1 Nov 2006
Barber R C, Chang L Y, Purdue G F, Hunt J L, Arnoldo B D, Aragaki C C, Horton J W
Abstract excerpt
Sepsis, septic shock and organ failure are common among patients with moderate to severe burns. The inability of demographic and clinical factors to identify patients at high risk for such complications suggests that genetic variation may influence clinical outcome. Moreover, the genetic predisposition to death from infection has been estimated to be greater than for cardiovascular disease or cancer . While it is...
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