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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2013

01-08-2013 | Correspondence

Diastolic dysfunction and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in children with meningococcal sepsis

Authors: Fauzia Paize, Niten Makwana, Paul B. Baines, Richard Sarginson, Denise J. Kitchener, Helen Michaels, Alistair P. J. Thomson, Sally Eagle, Peter Diggle, C. Anthony Hart, Christopher M. Parry

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2013

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Title
Diastolic dysfunction and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in children with meningococcal sepsis
Authors
Fauzia Paize
Niten Makwana
Paul B. Baines
Richard Sarginson
Denise J. Kitchener
Helen Michaels
Alistair P. J. Thomson
Sally Eagle
Peter Diggle
C. Anthony Hart
Christopher M. Parry
Publication date
01-08-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2013
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-2948-2

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