HMGB-1 as a Novel Predictor of Disease Severity and Prognosis in Patients with Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

• Main Authors: Hong Du (Author), Jing Li (Author), Haitao Yu (Author), Jianqi Lian (Author), Ye Zhang (Author), Ying Zhang (Author), Xuefan Bai (Author), Pingzhong Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To examine the predictive capacity of the high mobility group box protein-1 (HMGB-1) for disease severity and prognosis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Methods. One hundred and five HFRS patients and 28 controls were studied. The concentrations of HMGB-1 in the blood were...