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Genetics and Severe Sepsis

Genetics and Severe Sepsis

  • J. Texereau4,
  • V. Lemiale5 &
  • J. -P. Mira5 
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Part of the Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine book series (UICMSOFT,volume 44)

Keywords

  • Septic Shock
  • Severe Sepsis
  • Cerebral Malaria
  • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
  • Meningococcal Disease

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  1. Cochin Institute of Molecular Genetics Groupe Hospitalier Cochin — St Vincent de Paul, René Descartes University — Paris V, 27 rue du Faubourg St Jacques, 75679, Paris Cedex 14, France

    J. Texereau

  2. Medical Intensive Care Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin — St Vincent de Paul, René Descartes University — Paris V, 27 rue du Faubourg St Jacques, 75679, Paris Cedex 14, France

    V. Lemiale & J. -P. Mira

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  2. Bloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care, Division Medicine, University College Hospital, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, UK

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Texereau, J., Lemiale, V., Mira, J.P. (2007). Genetics and Severe Sepsis. In: Abraham, E., Singer, M. (eds) Mechanisms of Sepsis-Induced Organ Dysfunction and Recovery. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30328-6_2

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