Cardiac troponin T and amino-terminal pro-natriuretic peptide concentrations in fetuses in the second trimester and in healthy neonates

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 834-836

  Fortunato, Giuliana ^a,b   Giarrusso, Patrizia Carandente ^a   Martinelli, Pasquale ^a   Sglavo, Gabriella ^a   Vassallo, Michele ^a   Tomeo, Luigi ^a   Rea, Michelangelo ^a   Paladini, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2nd and 3rd trimesters of gestation; Amino terminal pro natriuretic peptide (NT proBNP); Cardiac troponin T (cTnT); Reference value

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FETUS; HUMAN; LABOR; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33745211651     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.144     Document Type: Article

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