Preliminary evaluation of the AxSYM B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) assay and comparison with the ADVIA Centaur BNP assay [4]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1104-1106

  Mueller, Thomas ^a   Gegenhuber, Alfons ^a   Poelz, Werner ^b   Haltmayer, Meinhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLUMBELLIFERYL PHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BUFFER; EDETIC ACID; GLYCOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHITIS; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GRAVIMETRY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN;

EID: 2642572548     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.031484     Document Type: Letter

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