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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2014, Article ID 471463, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/471463
Research Article

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α as a Diagnostic Marker for Neonatal Sepsis: A Meta-Analysis

Bokun Lv,1,2 Jie Huang,1 Haining Yuan,1,2 Wenying Yan,3 Guang Hu,2 and Jian Wang1

1Systems Sepsis Team, Soochow University Affiliated Children’s Hospital, Suzhou 215003, China
2Center for Systems Biology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
3Suzhou Zhengxing Translational Biomedical Informatics Ltd., Taicang 215400, China

Received 15 August 2013; Accepted 3 October 2013; Published 11 February 2014

Academic Editors: B. Shen, J. Wang, and J. Wang

Copyright © 2014 Bokun Lv et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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