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Genetic polymorphisms of innate and adaptive immunity as predictors of outcome in critically ill patients.
Immunobiology - 1 Mar 2015
Kompoti Maria, Michopoulos Alexandros, Michalia Martha, Clouva-Molyvdas Phyllis-Maria, Germenis Anastasios E, Speletas Matthaios
Abstract excerpt
Sepsis and septic shock frequently cause the admission or complicate the clinical course of critically ill patients admitted in the intensive care units (ICU). Genetic variations disrupting the immune sensing of infectious organisms, could affect the ability of the immune system to respond to infection, and may influence both the genetic predisposition to infection and the diversity of the clinical presentation...
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