Standardized blood testing was performed for routine blood parameters at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital in Dresden, Germany. The institute complies with standards required by DIN-EN-ISO-15189:2014 for medical laboratories. Routine blood testing included complete blood cell count, liver enzymes, pancreatic-amylase, creatinine, sodium and potassium, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and acute-phase proteins including C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and complement components c3 and c4.
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