Procalcitonin Identifies Cell Injury, Not Bacterial Infection, in Acute Liver Failure

Jody A. Rule; Linda S. Hynan; Nahid Attar; Corron Sanders; William J. Korzun; William M. Lee; Acute Liver Failure Study Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138566

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Procalcitonin Identifies Cell Injury, Not Bacterial Infection, in Acute Liver Failure

Jody A. Rule ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jody A. Rule, Linda S. Hynan, William J. Korzun, William M. Lee

* E-mail: jody.rule@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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Linda S. Hynan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jody A. Rule, Linda S. Hynan, William J. Korzun, William M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences and Department of Psychiatry, Division of Biostatistics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Nahid Attar ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Corron Sanders ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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William J. Korzun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jody A. Rule, Linda S. Hynan, William J. Korzun, William M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
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William M. Lee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jody A. Rule, Linda S. Hynan, William J. Korzun, William M. Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Acute Liver Failure Study Group

¶Membership of the Acute Liver Failure Study Group is listed in the Acknowledgments.
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Procalcitonin Identifies Cell Injury, Not Bacterial Infection, in Acute Liver Failure

Jody A. Rule,
Linda S. Hynan,
Nahid Attar,
Corron Sanders,
William J. Korzun,
William M. Lee,
Acute Liver Failure Study Group

Published: September 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138566

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