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Procalcitonin is a predictive marker for severe acute pancreatitis.

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2006

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Nurullah Bülbüller, Osman Doğru, Refik Ayten, Handan Akbulut, Yavuz Selim İlhan, Ziya Çetinkaya
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Abstract

Procalcitonin is a practical, simple parameter that can be used in order to diagnose severe acute pancreatitis earlier and to monitor the clinical prognosis of the disease.