Serum Cardiac Troponin-I in Active Rheumatic Carditis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 943-944

  Oran, Bülent ^a   Çoban, Hakan ^a   Karaaslan, Sevin ^a   Atabek, Emre ^a   Gürbilek, Mehmet ^a   Erkul, Ibrahim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin I; Creatin Kinase MB; Myoglobin; Rheumatic carditis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MYOGLOBIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0035489683     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722592     Document Type: Article

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