The use of biochemical markers in ischaemic heart disease: Prefactory remarks

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-9

  Henderson, A Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Markers of myocardial damage; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test assessment

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HEART INFARCTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032489837     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)00247-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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