Reference change values for brain natrluretic peptides revisited [1]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1602-1603

  Fokkema, M Rebecca ^a   Herrmann, Zuzana ^b   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a   Moecks, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALCULATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE CHANGE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALGORITHMS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33746605983     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.069369     Document Type: Letter

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