Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 811-818 , September 2010

Reduction of plasma granzyme A correlates with severity of sepsis in burn patients

  • A. Accardo-Palumbo

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +00 39 0916663600; fax: +00 39 0916663708.
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  • L. D’Amelio

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • D. Pileri

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • N. D’Arpa

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • R. Mogavero

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pathology Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
    • Tel.: +00 39 0916665413.
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  • G. Amato

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pathology Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
    • Tel.: +00 39 0916665413.
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  • V. Cataldo

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • B. Napoli

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • F.Ciccia

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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  • C. Lombardo

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
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  • F. Conte

      Affiliations

    • Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operating Unit, ARNAS, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy

,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.11.009

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 811-818 , September 2010

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