Discrepant results for cardiac troponin T and troponin I in chronic myopathy, depending on instrument and assay generation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2039-2042

  Braun, Siegmund L ^a   Pongratz, Dieter E ^b   Bialk, Peter ^c   Liem, Sven ^a   Schlotter, Beate ^b   Vogt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MYOPATHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0029848136     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.12.2039     Document Type: Article

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