Cardiac troponin T in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1354-1359

  Lauer, Bernward ^a   Niederau, Christoph ^b   Kühl, Uwe ^c   Schannwell, Mira ^d   Pauschinger, Matthias ^c   Strauer, Bodo Eckhard ^d   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik B   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0030771670     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00317-3     Document Type: Article

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