Procalcitonin: How a hormone became a marker and mediator of sepsis

Calcitonin was discovered in the early 1960s [1], at which time it was assumed to be a single hormone with a yet-to-be-determined role in human physiology. Since then it has been found to be only one entity among a large array of related circulating peptides, at least one of which has a pivotal role...

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Main Authors: Beat P. Müller‐Stich, Kenneth L. Becker
Format: Revisão
Language:English
Published: 2001
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2001.09751
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