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Evaluation of Acute-Phase Proteins for Clinical Monitoring of Urinary Tract Infections and Postoperatively

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The classical and laboratory signs of inflammation such as elevated body temperature, blood sedimentation rate or serum leucocyte count, do not always provide accurate information on the status of an inflammatory disease. The same is true when these variables are used to monitor patients immediately postoperatively, particularly after major surgery.

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  1. Urologische Universitätsklinik, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, W-7400, Tübingen, Germany

    K.-H. Bichler

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  1. D. M. Wilbert
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  2. C. Schaerfe
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  3. W. L. Strohmaier
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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Universität Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, W-2400, Lübeck 1, Germany

    Dieter Jocham

  2. Urologische Klinik Klinikum Barmen, Heusnerstraße 40, W-5600, Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany

    J. W. Thüroff

  3. Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Medizinische Einrichtungen der Universität — GHS-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, W-4300, Essen 1, Germany

    Herbert Rübben

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Wilbert, D.M., Schaerfe, C., Strohmaier, W.L., Bichler, KH. (1991). Evaluation of Acute-Phase Proteins for Clinical Monitoring of Urinary Tract Infections and Postoperatively. In: Jocham, D., Thüroff, J.W., Rübben, H. (eds) Investigative Urology 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75972-7_13

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