Role of lactate dehydrogenase and other biomarkers in predicting prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia
Abstract Background An increase in serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity is commonly taken to support the presumptive diagnosis of some lung diseases and a variety of extrapulmonary disorders, but the role of LDH as an early prognostic factor in detecting outcome in patients with community acqu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-10-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_22_19 |