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Original Research

Distinct Patterns of Blood Cytokines Beyond a Cytokine Storm Predict Mortality in COVID-19

Christian Herr1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-6569View further author information
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Sebastian Mang1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Bahareh Mozafari1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Katharina Guenther1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Thimoteus Speer2 Department of Internal Medicine IV - Nephrology and Hypertension & Translational Cardio-Renal Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Martina Seibert1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Sanjay Kumar Srikakulam1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Christoph Beisswenger1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Felix Ritzmann1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Andreas Keller3 Clinical Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Rolf Mueller4 Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Science Saarland, Saarbrücken, 66123, GermanyView further author information
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Sigrun Smola5 Institute for Virology, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Dominic Eisinger6 Myriad RBM Inc., Austin, TX, 78759, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9125-6065View further author information
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Michael Zemlin7 Department of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Guy Danziger1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Thomas Volk8 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Sabrina Hoersch8 Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Marcin Krawczyk9 Department of Internal Medicine II - Gastroenterology, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Frank Lammert9 Department of Internal Medicine II - Gastroenterology, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4450-7201View further author information
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Thomas Adams9 Department of Internal Medicine II - Gastroenterology, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0359-576XView further author information
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Gudrun Wagenpfeil10 Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Michael Kindermann11 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Caritas Hospital St. Theresia Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, 66113, GermanyView further author information
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Constantin Marcu11 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Caritas Hospital St. Theresia Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, 66113, GermanyView further author information
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Zuhair Wolf Dietrich Ataya12 Department of Gastroenterology, Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Caritas Hospital St. Josef Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, 66125, GermanyView further author information
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Marc Mittag13 Department of Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarbrücken Hospital, Saarbrücken, 66119, GermanyView further author information
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Konrad Schwarzkopf13 Department of Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarbrücken Hospital, Saarbrücken, 66119, GermanyView further author information
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Florian Custodis13 Department of Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarbrücken Hospital, Saarbrücken, 66119, GermanyView further author information
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Daniel Grandt13 Department of Anesthesiology, Gastroenterology and Intensive Care Medicine, Saarbrücken Hospital, Saarbrücken, 66119, GermanyView further author information
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Harald Schaefer14 Department of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology, SHG-Hospital Völklingen, Saarbrücken, 66333, GermanyView further author information
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Kai Eltges14 Department of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology, SHG-Hospital Völklingen, Saarbrücken, 66333, GermanyView further author information
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Philipp M Lepper1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyView further author information
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Robert Bals1 Department of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology and Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, 66421, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 4651-4667 | Published online: 15 Sep 2021

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