TLR4/CD14 Variants-Related Serologic and Immunologic Dys-Regulations Predict Severe Sepsis in Febrile De-Compensated Cirrhotic Patients

• Wen-Chien Fan ,

  ¶‡ These authors share the first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Division of Infection, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chih-Wei Liu ,

  ¶‡ These authors share the first authorship on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shuo-Ming Ou,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Chang Huang,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Tzu-Hao Li,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Kuei-Chuan Lee,

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shiang-Fen Huang,

  Affiliations Division of Infection, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ying-Ying Yang ,

  * E-mail: yangyy@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYY); hclin@vghtpe.gov.tw (HCL)

  Affiliations Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yun-Cheng Hsieh,

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shie-Liang Hsieh,

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ming-Chih Hou,

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Han-Chieh Lin

  * E-mail: yangyy@vghtpe.gov.tw (YYY); hclin@vghtpe.gov.tw (HCL)

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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