International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages e50-e54 , January 2010

Increased serum ferritin levels in patients with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: can it be a new severity criterion?

  • Sener Barut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Gaziosmanpasa University, 60100 Tokat, Turkey
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  • Fatma Dincer

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit, Cevdet Aykan State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey
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  • Idris Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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  • Huseyin Ozyurt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Akkus

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Clinic, Cevdet Aykan State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey
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  • Unal Erkorkmaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey

Received 27 February 2008 ,Revised 6 November 2008 ,Accepted 10 March 2009.

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    Receiver operating characteristics curve showing the performance of serum ferritin as a predictor of severity (area under curve=0.875; p<0.001).

    Receiver operating characteristics curve showing the performance of serum ferritin as a predictor of severity (area under curve=0.875; p<0.001).

PII: S1201-9712(09)00144-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.009

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages e50-e54 , January 2010

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