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Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 550-557 , May 2009

Adiponectin deficiency is associated with severe polymicrobial sepsis, high inflammatory cytokine levels, and high mortality

Yoshitaka Uji, MD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
- Reprint requests: Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
Hiroshi Tsuchihashi, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Kazuhisa Maeda, MD, PhD
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Tohru Funahashi, MD, PhD
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Iichirou Shimomura, MD, PhD
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Tomoharu Shimizu, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Yoshihiro Endo, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
Tohru Tani, MD, PhD
- Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan