All troponins are not created equal

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Jossi, S ^a   Gordon, S L ^a   Legge, M A ^a   Armstrong, G P ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Imprecision; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33645747665     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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