title: Procalcitonin is not a reliable marker for the assessment of severity in acute pancreatitis without infectious complications.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali e Cliniche, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, 21100 Varese, Italy. gvmdeuni@unipv.it
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Melzi D'Eril
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merlini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finazzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bosoni
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barakat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezzilli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide