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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a new direction?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, University College Cork, Ireland

    MR Kell, BD Barry & HP Redmond

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Kell, M., Barry, B. & Redmond, H. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a new direction?. Ir J Med Sci 172, 7–8 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914776

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