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SUBMITTER: Hammad R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8966690 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hammad Reham R Elshafei Ahmed A Khidr Emad Gamil EG El-Husseiny Ahmed A AA Gomaa Maher H MH Kotb Hend G HG Eltrawy Heba H HH Farhoud Hesham H
Biomarkers in medicine 20220330 8
<b>Aim:</b> To investigate the change in a serum level of copeptin, a neuroendocrine biomarker, in differentiating grades of COVID-19 severity on admission time and to find its diagnostic potential. <b>Materials & Methods:</b> 160 COVID-19 patients were classified according to disease severity into 80 mild to moderate and 80 severe patients. Serum copeptin level was assessed by ELISA on their admission time. Besides, serum CRP, ferritin and D-dimer were estimated. <b>Results:</b> Severe COVID-19 ...[more]