title: Procalcitonin: a new marker for diagnosis of acute rejection and nonviral infection of heart and lung transplant patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Surgical Research, Klinikum Grosshadern, LM-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fraunberger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meiser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide