Following severe injury, hypocholesterolemia improves with convalescence but persists with organ failure or onset of infection.

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Published in Crit Care on October 01, 2003

Authors

C Michael Dunham1, Michael H Fealk, Wilbur E Sever

Author Affiliations

1: Assistant Director, Trauma/Critical Care Services, St, Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Michael_Dunham@hmis.org

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