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Is the measurement of monocytes HLA-DR expression useful in patients with sepsis?

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  1. Intensive Care, Internal Medicine, Hôpital de Nyon/GHOL, 1260, Nyon, Switzerland

    Thierry Fumeaux

  2. Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Jérôme Pugin

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Fumeaux, T., Pugin, J. Is the measurement of monocytes HLA-DR expression useful in patients with sepsis?. Intensive Care Med 32, 1106–1108 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0205-7

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