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Procalcitonin, and cytokines document a dynamic inflammatory state in non-infected cirrhotic patients with ascites
Bashar M Attar, Christopher M Moore, Magdalena George, Nicolae Ion-Nedelcu, Rafael Turbay, Annamma Zachariah, Guiliano Ramadori, Jawed Fareed, David H Van Thiel
Bashar M Attar, Rafael Turbay, Annamma Zachariah, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Bashar M Attar, Christopher M Moore, Magdalena George, David H Van Thiel, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Nicolae Ion-Nedelcu, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Victor Babes Infectious Clinic, 050094 Bucharest, Romania
Guiliano Ramadori, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, August Georg University, D-37075 Gottingen, Germany
Jawed Fareed, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, United States
Author contributions: Attar BM contributed to study design, literature search, patient identification, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing; Moore CM contributed to data collection and manuscript writing; George M contributed to study design, laboratory work, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing; Ion-Nedelcu N contributed to study design and data analysis; Turbay R contributed to identification of patients with ascites and data collection; Zachariah A contributed to identification of patients with ascites and data collection; Ramadori G contributed to study design and data analysis; Fareed J contributed to study design and data analysis; Van Thiel DH contributed to study hypothesis, study design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript writing.
Correspondence to: Bashar M Attar, MD, PhD, AGAF, FACP, FACG, FASGE, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W. Harrison Street, Admin. bldg, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. battar@rush.edu
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Received: February 26, 2013
Revised: April 23, 2013
Accepted: June 1, 2013
Published online: March 7, 2014