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Nocturnal melatonin concentration is correlated with illness severity in patients with septic disease

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    Boris Perras & Christoph Dodt

  2. Campus Lübeck, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23558, Lübeck, Germany

    Volkhard Kurowski

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Perras, B., Kurowski, V. & Dodt, C. Nocturnal melatonin concentration is correlated with illness severity in patients with septic disease. Intensive Care Med 32, 624–625 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0069-x

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