Critical difference between serial measurements of CK-MB mass to detect myocardial damage

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 338-343

  De Winter, Robbert J ^a,b   Koster, Rudolph W ^a   Van Straalen, Jan P ^a   Gorgels, Jozef P M C ^a   Hoek, Frans J ^a   Sanders, Gerard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

creatine kinase; isoenzymes; source of; troponin T; variation

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0031012689     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.2.338     Document Type: Article

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