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Comment
. 2019 Apr 15;199(8):936-938.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201811-2148ED.

The Search for Efficacious New Therapies in Sepsis Needs to Embrace Heterogeneity

Brendon P Scicluna  1 , J Kenneth Baillie  2   3
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The Search for Efficacious New Therapies in Sepsis Needs to Embrace Heterogeneity

Brendon P Scicluna et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Deep phenotyping in practice. In a heterogeneous population, composite gene expression signals, either alone or in combination with clinical and other observations, may predict net benefit from a particular therapy. In reality, it is very likely that some patients will belong to multiple endotypes (indicated by colors on the image).
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