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Genetic insights into sepsis: what have we learned and how will it help?
Current pharmaceutical design - 1 Jan 2008
Wurfel M M
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Sepsis and septic shock, are complex disorders that are a major cause of mortality in the intensive care unit. In spite of major advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of sepsis, accurate prediction of susceptibility to sepsis, multi-organ dysfunction, and death, even in the setting of a seemingly similar burden of infection, continues to challenge critical care clinicians. Evidence from...
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