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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes of circulatory homeostasis in surviving pediatric intensive care patients with meningococcal infection.
Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies - 1 Sept 2008
Bunker-Wiersma Heleen E, Koopmans Richard P, Kuipers Taco W, Knoester Hennie, Bos Albert P
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OBJECTIVE: In the course of a meningococcal infection, invasive and severe disease occurs in a restricted number of individuals. The predominant mechanism of death in case of meningococcal septic shock is circulatory failure. Inotropic requirements between patients vary widely. We investigated wh...
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